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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Ministers has declared Thursday, June 25, a public holiday across all ministries and state institutions. The decision coincides with Ash…
BaghdadPARIS, France — France's meteorological agency has issued its highest-level red heat alert for 35 departments across the central and western parts of the country, effecti…
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq’s Shiite National Movement, said on Saturday that attempts to portray Imam Hussein as a rebel against the ruling Yazid ibn M…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Paralympic Committee said national para-fencer Abdulrahman Ziyad Nizar won a silver medal at the international "Satellite" Classification Tournamen…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Strategic Center for Human Rights, based in Baghdad, said on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that Iraq is among th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that it has released the financing needed to pay public-sector employees' salaries for the current month. T…
BaghdadTUZKHURMATU, Iraq — A large fire broke out Saturday evening in an open area near a power plant in Tuzhurmatu district in eastern Saladin province, according to local sour…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi and US Presidential Special Envoy Tom Barrack signed a broad strategic agreement in mid-June 2026 aim…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament opened fire on workers carrying out renovation work at the Hisna Mosque in the central Baghdad district of Kharkh on Tuesday…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has rejected claims that students were denied entry to exams or removed from exam halls under …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) formally placed Iraq on its grey list on Friday, citing deficiencies in combating terrorist financing and money lau…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani has issued a series of decrees replacing the heads of several key security, financial and economic instituti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi Parliament's Provinces and Cities Committee said Saturday that a parliamentary working group within the committee is preparing amend…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Iraq placed 73rd globally and 8th among Arab countries in Brand Finance's 2026 Nation Brand Value index, the consultancy's results showed. The Unite…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A projected heatwave in Iraq is expected to have a weaker impact than previous forecasts indicated, according to meteorologist Sadık Atiyye. Atiyye state…
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — The speaker of the Basra Provincial Council, Halef Lette al-Badran, together with council Security Committee head Aqeel al-Feriji, received two members of I…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Five Iraqi cities ranked among the 15 highest temperature readings recorded worldwide in the past 24 hours, according to global meteorological obser…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's Railways announced the launch of the first joint rail transit shipment from Iraq to Afghanistan, routed through Kermanshah in western Iran. The car…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — A US-based report says Iraq's effort to attract major American companies and investment is being held back by the continued presence of armed …
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — The Washington-based Defense Democracies Foundation has questioned the Iraqi government's ability to balance guarantees for U.S. energy compan…
