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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The World Bank has classified Iraq among developing economies that remain heavily dependent on commodity revenues, particularly oil, according to its Glob…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity announced the arrest of a man accused of operating an unauthorized parking lot on a state-owned plot in the right b…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Federal Police forces arrested several people in the Abu Isa area of the Dora district in southern Baghdad for opening fire randomly at civilians, a secur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Defense said a high-level military delegation conducted a field visit to the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday evening to assess air protec…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture has barred the entry of 1,750 head of live cattle from Colombia after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in the shipment. …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in Baghdad's local market eased slightly on Thursday, June 18, with 21-karat imported Gulf gold quoted at 935,000–945,000 Iraqi dinars for sal…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, who also serves as acting Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Wor…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met in Erbil with a presidential delegation from the Syrian Kurdish National Congress (ENKS) to discuss recent …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district arrested two suspects in separate incidents involving threatening writing on a house wall and insulting language writte…
BaghdadKIRKUK, Iraq — Journalists and media professionals in Kirkuk warned that social media platforms and some media outlets are being used to violate personal privacy and defa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Premier League clubs have accelerated squad preparations for the 2026-27 season, announcing new signings and contract renewals during the summer tra…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Search teams have located the body of a 13-year-old girl from Karbala who drowned in a stream at a tourist area in the Kurdistan Region, but recovery effo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — US Special Presidential Envoy Tom Barrack has pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zidani to establish a clear timeline for consolidating weapons under state …
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, concluded its weekly meeting with a decision to strengt…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — The body of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be farewelled in Baghdad on July 8, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said, according to Ira…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament has called on the country’s media and communications regulator to require mobile operators to set monthly plan validity a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hamdani, head of the Baghdad Provincial Council, met with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in the capital, according to a statement from al-Ham…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Wednesday ordered a reduction in administrative service fees charged by Iraq's General Company for Grain Trade,…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani hosted US Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack in Erbil, with US Deputy Chief of Mission Joshua Harris …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's state oil products distribution company released its sales figures for May 2026, reporting 1.061 billion liters of gasoline sold during the month. …
