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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Provincial Council has denied reports that the brother of detained lawmaker Heyat al-Najaf was taken into custody. In a statement, the council…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — A member of Iran's Supreme Cyberspace Council, Ezatollah Zargami, has warned that Iran will set fire to oil wells in Gulf countries if US strikes …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate for Drugs and Psychotropic Substances seized 51 kilograms of Captagon pills in two separate operations in Baghdad and arrested …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein traveled to Kuwait on Tuesday for his first official visit to a Gulf state since the new government was formed, a gove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Ziyadani said tanks were deployed during the Dawn Operation to close off Baghdad's Green Zone, in remarks broadcast on television…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to remove Haydar Mekki from his post as head of the National Investment Commission. A brief statement issued by the par…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Seven people were detained in the Nahravan area in eastern Baghdad for burning medical waste and causing environmental pollution, the Baghdad Operations C…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has outlined the application requirements for admission to gifted middle schools and Baghdad College high schools in the capi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has opened the electronic application window for the Excellence Schools and Baghdad College high school programs for the 2026…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah on Wednesday to discuss bilateral …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities have opened legal proceedings against Jassim al-Awadi over social media posts that insulted Iraqis, officials and local media said. The …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A rift within Iraq's Shia political landscape has become more visible in recent weeks, with lawmaker Azza Shabandar saying Prime Minister Ali Zebidi has g…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A commentary published this week argues that Iraq’s parliamentary opposition tradition, first shaped during the monarchy that ended with the 1958 revoluti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is considering the strict anti-corruption model pioneered by Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sud…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein left Baghdad on Wednesday for an official visit to Kuwait, marking his first formal diplomatic engagement since taking…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein departed for Kuwait on Wednesday afternoon, making his first official visit to a Gulf countr…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — Strategic affairs expert Hussein al-Asad said on Wednesday that a possible new military escalation between the United States and Iran would threaten region…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry has promoted more than 178,000 personnel and approved their annual salary increase under an administrative order issued by Deputy…
BaghdadGENEVA, Switzerland — Iraqi Communications Minister Mustafa Casbar Sanad met Deemah AlYahya, secretary-general of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), on the sidel…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Hiyam al-Yasiri has requested that parliament's Transport and Communications Committee summon officials and company representatives to exam…
