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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry announced Tuesday a strategic development package aimed at boosting national refinery capacity to meet rising domestic fuel demand and…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kerbela Provincial Council called on the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday to cancel traffic fines issued to drivers due to errors in the electronic mon…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's monthly inflation rate rose 1.7 percent in April compared with March, according to data released by the Central Statistics Organization under the M…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in Baghdad's local markets recorded updates on Tuesday, with 21-karat local gold selling at 910,000 dinars per miscal and buying at 905,000 di…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in local Iraqi markets held steady in Baghdad on Tuesday while rising in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. In Baghdad's wholesale m…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Interior announced the total number of registered motor vehicles in the country has exceeded 7 million, raising concerns about traffic …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Aziz Ahmed, the head of Rudaw Media Network's Baghdad bureau, was killed in a traffic accident on the Baghdad-Basra highway, according to reports. Ahmed, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A medical team at Baghdad's Medical City complex performed a bone marrow transplant on a 9-year-old girl being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, u…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi parliamentarian Hiyam el-Yasiri has submitted a formal question to the Media and Communication Authority regarding mobile operators' internet packag…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Families of Moroccan prisoners held in Iraqi jails are pressing the Moroccan and Iraqi governments to implement a transfer agreement signed in August, say…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological and Seismic Authority warned citizens on Tuesday that a heat wave is driving temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius across eight c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar has risen against the Iraqi dinar in Iraqi markets, continuing recent exchange rate volatility. Market sources point to the gap between th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The United States imported approximately 15.1 million barrels of crude oil from Iraq in 2025, marking the lowest level in at least a decade, according to …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Ministry of Education announced that admissions to elite, successful and talented schools for the next academic year will follow strict criteria…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's meteorological authority warned Tuesday that temperatures across the country will climb above 40 degrees Celsius over the next two days, with centr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi singer Rahma Riad has released a new song marking Iraq's return to the FIFA World Cup. The track, titled "Elawal Aala Elawal," has drawn interest am…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has established a joint operations center to manage power supply between Baghdad and Karbala ahead of the Muharram observan…
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — Basra has introduced scheduled electricity outages for the first time in years, implementing a rotation that provides power for four hours followed by two-h…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications Ministry blocked a transfer of 116 billion Iraqi dinars (approximately $88.5 million) to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Communic…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team arrived in the United States for the 2026 World Cup, but at least two members of the delegation faced extended questioning u…
