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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadhil issued a ministerial order on June 22, 2026, ending the assignment of the director of the Rusafa electricity d…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament said the country has shifted from being a drug transit country to a consumer market, framing narcotics as a serious secur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falah al-Ali al-Zeydi received a delegation from the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine in Baghdad on Tuesday, his office said, reaffirming the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Riza Haidar al-Hasnawi has issued a ministerial order appointing Alaa Abdulhasan Ali Obeid to lead the General Ports Company on …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Trade has launched its sugar e-branch service across all food ration card outlets in the country, including the capital Baghdad, the mi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission said it has suspended "With Muna Sami," a program broadcast on Al-Ula Iraq Television, for 10 days and imposed …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya has become the first Arab club to have more than one of its players score at a FIFA World Cup, with Aymen Hussein finding the net…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's national football team left a handwritten message in the dressing room at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles after drawing 0-0 with Belgium in their secon…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Justice Minister Khaled Shawani has ordered a comprehensive rotation of notaries working in all enforcement offices in Baghdad, the Ministry of Justice sa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — BERLIN — Representatives of the Iraqi diaspora in Germany have formally appealed to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and the Iraqi parliament's Foreign…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission has called for expanded international cooperation with the United Kingdom to recover public funds smuggled abroad and …
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Joint Operations deputy commander and head of the Million-Visitor Higher Security Committee, Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi, has ordered an intensifi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A field study conducted in New York found that a fan attending a 2026 World Cup group-stage match between Morocco and Brazil would spend a total of $1,847…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani will make an official visit to Washington in mid-July, his first formal foreign trip since taking office, go…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open," saying more oil is now transiting the waterway than before. "The Strait of…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said 48 local and international human trafficking networks were dismantled in 2026 as part of nationwide operations carried out b…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Six matches will be played across Monday and Tuesday at the 2026 World Cup, with several Arab teams still in contention for the knockout rounds. On Monda…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Teachers' Syndicate has formally asked Education Minister Abdul Karim Abtan al-Jubouri to double professional allowances, implement delayed rais…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Local authorities in Iraq's Wasit and Maysan provinces have announced the official holidays for government offices in the coming days. In Wasit, the publi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Central Bank said work to reintegrate banks that had been restricted from dollar transactions into external transfer processes has reached its fina…
