Latest Iraq news in English from Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Kirkuk, Erbil and across Iraq. Follow politics, security, economy, energy and regional developments with professionally edited updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Electricity dismissed the head of the Karkh electricity sector in Baghdad and removed three officials from the ministry's Abu Ghraib br…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district arrested a man who fired a gun into the air for display, the Karkh Police Command announced. The statement said the op…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Pharmacies in Baghdad and Anbar suspended operations for several hours on Monday after the Iraqi Pharmacists Syndicate called for a timed closure to press…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Finance Minister Falah Sari said integrating customs systems and procedures between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region represents a str…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Transport has finalized transport arrangements for the upcoming Ashura and Arbaeen pilgrimages, the ministry's Directorate General of R…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has appointed Basim al-Badri as national security adviser, succeeding Ahmed al-Sallak, according to local reports. The decision removes al-Sallak fro…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Transport has approved a 100% profit share distribution for employees of the General Company of Iraqi Ports, the ministry announced on …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Football Federation has issued its player registration regulations for the 2026-2027 season, setting new limits on foreign players and registrati…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Shiite Coordination Framework has handed Prime Minister Ali Zaidi the authority to nominate candidates for several disputed ministries, including D…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices fell across Iraq's main wholesale and retail markets on Thursday, with the move coinciding with a slight pullback in the U.S. dollar against t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 20-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after shooting herself with her husband's firearm during a family dispute in the al-Shu'la neig…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 22-year-old woman was seriously wounded after shooting herself with her husband's weapon following an argument in Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood, an Iraq…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council released marriage and divorce statistics for May 2026, reporting 29,419 marriage contracts and 5,829 divorce rulings regist…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq registered 30,000 marriage contracts in May, while more than 5,800 divorce cases were recorded during the same period, according to official data. Th…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — Rising tensions between Iran and the United States, the possibility of a Strait of Hormuz closure and rising oil prices have moved the center …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) reversed a brief command change at its Samarra Operations Command, reinstating Ali al-Aqayli to the post he had held…
BaghdadPARIS, France — PARIS — France cancelled dozens of train services and adjusted school schedules on Thursday as a new heatwave swept across the country, with authorities w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq national team media coordinator Salam al-Manaseer said winger Ali Jasim's injury is not serious and that he will return to training before the friend…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Development Fund said 34 separate studies must be completed before the long-stalled Baghdad metro project can move forward, with implementation pos…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The World Bank has classified Iraq among developing economies that remain heavily dependent on commodity revenues, particularly oil, according to its Glob…
