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 — Iraqi lawmaker Hiyam al-Yasiri has requested that parliament's Transport and Communications Committee summon officials and company representatives to exam…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Water Resources, Maitham al-Sudani, met on Sunday with Clemens Seiter, the European Union's ambassador to Iraq, and an accompanying del…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said on Tuesday that Christians are an original part of the Kurdish people and that he will continue to safegua…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Association has begun formal procedures to include young goalkeeper Zekekriya Hadi, who plays for Bradford City in England, in its Olym…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament said legislation is being prepared to raise the mandatory retirement age for public-sector employees from 60 to 63, reversin…
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Fallah al-Zaydi arrived at Najaf International Airport on Tuesday, where they were received…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has launched a higher vocational diploma program for autism spectrum disorder centers across t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has announced plans to broaden the scope of small and medium-sized projects aimed at absorbing unemployed wor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The University of Iraq announced on July 7, 2026 that it has initiated legal proceedings against individuals and parties behind what it described as a "pl…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate of Meteorology said on Monday that the country will see its characteristic sunny and hot summer weather in the coming days, wit…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices retreated from a two-week high on Tuesday as investors positioned for the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve's June meeting minutes, which ar…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Coordination Framework, a bloc of Iran-aligned political parties, held a meeting on Monday at the office of Badr Organization Secretary-General H…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's electricity demand has surpassed 50,000 megawatts while domestic generation remains below 25,000 megawatts, leaving the country with a supply gap o…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that misinformation circulating on social media has dropped noticeably in recent weeks, crediting the decline t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Electricity and Energy Commission has alleged that two companies signed contracts worth roughly $808 million to rebuild t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi has approved 11 decrees to advance a government project aimed at distributing one million residential land plots n…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An anesthetist known on social media as "Doctor Firuze" was seriously injured in a violent attack at her home in Baghdad on July 5, 2026, according to wid…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A $2.7 billion air defense agreement Iraq signed with South Korea is at risk of collapsing, the head of the Munsur Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, Faleh al-…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament has published the agenda for its session scheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2026, listing the questioning of the head of the Investment …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A former Iraqi lawmaker has called for reviving the country's industrial cities, saying the model could generate revenue comparable to oil if longstanding…
