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 — A former Iraqi lawmaker has called for reviving the country's industrial cities, saying the model could generate revenue comparable to oil if longstanding…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Finance Ministry has begun drafting the 2027 federal general budget, the prime minister's financial adviser, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said. The work …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi environmental specialist, Murtaza al-Gunaidi, has warned that continued pollution in the Tigris River and the absence of urgent government action…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Communications, Mustafa Sanad, said on Wednesday that the country is seeking to become a regional hub for data exchange and communicati…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research issued binding directives to all private universities on Monday, based on correspondence from …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has restored crude oil production to pre-war levels at three major fields following the easing of maritime restrictions in the Gulf under a U.S.-Iran…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar traded near its lowest level in two weeks on Monday as expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike at the June meeting weakened. The euro…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oil prices fell in Asian trading on Monday after the OPEC+ alliance approved an increase of 188,000 barrels per day to its production targets starting in …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities are interrogating suspects detained under Operation Storm, including current and former members of parliament and senior officials, unde…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Premier League side Al-Shorta has appointed Tunisian coach Samir Trabelsi on a contract running through the 2026-27 season, the Baghdad-based club a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said three people were injured and several suspects detained following an armed family dispute on Friday in the Kâzımiy…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces in Iraq's Saladin province seized about 3 billion Iraqi dinars in cash and four luxury vehicles during an overnight raid on a house linked…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ali Falih al-Ziyadi approved a list of military officer promotions during a visit to the M…
BaghdadDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's Energy Ministry has published the technical details of a memorandum signed with Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources one week ago, outlining coope…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Customs Authority has begun accepting reports, complaints and information from the public about operations at customs centers and border cr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity has recommended creating a joint security and service cell to regulate electricity distribution by private generato…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, has called on authorities to sustain the country's anti-corruption campaign and turn it…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A private generator operator in Baghdad's Dawra neighborhood has been demanding 20,000 dinars per ampere, double the official rate of 10,000 dinars set by…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — TEHRAN — Iran's Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran supports the "resistance front" with missiles whe…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — OPEC+ has approved in principle an additional production increase of 188,000 barrels per day for August, ahead of the alliance's formal meeting on Sunday,…
