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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi dinar remained steady at 154,500 against the US dollar on the country's parallel market on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. Exchange offices and non-ba…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice has launched a diplomatic process to repatriate approximately 6,000 prisoners from 61 countries to their home nations, ministry…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad Operations Command said security forces shut down three nightclubs and entertainment halls operating without tourism licenses on the capital's Rus…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is approaching a September 2026 deadline to end the presence of weapons outside state control, while international coalition forces continue their wi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Federation has scheduled the third round of the Iraq Stars League for Tuesday, with matches set to be played through Wednesday. The fed…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A source close to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance said Sunday that funding for state employees' salaries this month has not yet been released and that the p…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A draft law regulating the service and retirement conditions of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) will reach parliament this week, lawmaker Dia al-…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A claim that Nouri al-Maliki had stepped back from the Interior Ministry portfolio in Iraq’s ongoing coalition talks was rejected on Tuesday by Hisham al-…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Hammam al-Hamudi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, warned at a session of the Eighth Baghdad Dialogue Conference on Saturday that there is an at…
BaghdadNASIRIYAH, Iraq — Al-Garaf defeated visiting Noruz 1-0 in the second week of the Iraqi Stars League, securing three points at Nasiriyah Olympic Stadium. The match kicked …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Rusafa Police Command said it carried out a preventive operation in the Kufah neighborhood of the capital, arresting wanted suspects and seizi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A woman was killed on Wednesday after a cargo truck overturned onto the Mahmudiya highway in Baghdad, the city's Civil Defense Directorate said. The truck…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani met on Tuesday with representatives of associate and postgraduate degree holders employed at Iraq’s Oil Ministry t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament will invite Finance Minister Falih al-Sari to appear before the general assembly in the coming days to present details of the country's …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Mustafa Jabbar Sanad said the government has not signed a direct operational agreement with Starlink for satellite internet serv…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Parliament First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fehan said a retirement bill covering the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has been withdrawn from Parliament…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education announced on Saturday that admission results for the country's gifted schools and the Baghdad College High School will be rel…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — President Abdul Latif Rashid said at a panel during the eighth Baghdad Dialogue Conference that the concentration of weapons in the hands of the state is …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq ranked 76th among the world's poorest countries in 2026, according to data from Global Finance magazine, with a purchasing-power-parity-adjusted gros…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry announced a notable decline in crime rates nationwide, with the capital, Baghdad, recording the steepest drop. Ministry spokesman…
