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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Trade said on Saturday that more than 3.19 million tonnes of wheat have been procured from local farmers this season. Haydar al-Karawi,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kurdish analyst Aryan Ibrahim Shewkat has argued that negotiators representing Kurdish forces in 1991 talks with Saddam Hussein’s government in Baghdad fa…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government has declared Tuesday a public holiday across all official institutions to mark the start of the Islamic Hijri calendar. Th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad and Erbil have been placed among the world's top 1,000 cities in a global startup ecosystem ranking published by Startup Blink for 2026, though Ir…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Land Registry Directorate said forged property transactions uncovered in the Amiriyah district of Baghdad were carried out between 2013 and 2016 by…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Private Sector Development Council and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) convened a joint workshop in Baghdad focused on the to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two people were arrested in the Rusafa side of the capital after being caught riding a motorcycle while in possession of narcotics, the Baghdad Police Dir…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The World Bank forecast Iraq's economy will contract by 2.2% in 2026, with the contraction deepening sharply to 8.9% in 2027, according to the bank'…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Sales of artificial flowers and trees have risen noticeably in Baghdad's markets, with vendors reporting growing demand for the products in homes, restaur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar opened the new week with a modest gain against the Iraqi dinar in the free markets of Baghdad and Erbil on Saturday morning. On the Kifac…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Armed Forces launched a wide-ranging security operation on May 18, 2026, covering the desert areas of Anbar, Najaf, Karbala and western Nineveh.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A rights group said Iraq's practice of shutting down the internet during nationwide exams constitutes a digital rights violation and is causing substantia…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications Minister, Mustafa Jabbar Sind, has directed the state-owned General Telecommunications and Information Company to regulate pricing a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi economist Nipil al-Marsumi announced on Friday that he is stepping back from media work after the Iraqi Parliament publicly disputed his figures on …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has entered a budgetless fiscal period for the fourth time since 2003 after parliament failed to approve the 2026 federal budget, leaving the governm…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district have arrested a suspect linked to a string of robberies targeting delivery couriers, the Karkh Police Command said. Ac…
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — The Friday imam of Najaf, Sadr al-Din Kubaysi, called in his June 5, 2026 sermon for the legal pursuit of those responsible for the 2014 Speicher massacre t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Samsung has opened its largest smartphone store in the Egypt region, known as the Mashriq, in Baghdad, the company said. The outlet was inaugurated in the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Baghdad brought a fire at a six-story residential and commercial building in the central Hillani district under control on Friday, …
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Fire crews brought a fire at a six-story commercial-residential building in the capital under control on Sunday, Baghdad's Civil Defense Directorate said.…
