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 — The Baghdad Governorate has declared next Wednesday a public holiday for employees of state institutions across the capital. Authorities said the decision…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said they foiled an armed robbery attempt at a jewelry shop on Friday and arrested a suspect at the scene. The Karkh Po…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 300 people were killed and around 250 others wounded on July 3, 2016, when a bomb-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad's Karrada district during t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to convene on Monday for the first session of the second half of its current legislative year, with the first reading of…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A draft cybercrime bill in Iraq would impose fines of up to 35 million dinars and allow sentences of up to life in prison, the Iraq-based Ecoo Iraq Observ…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's health minister has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of a young woman at Al-Zahra Hospital in Baghdad, the Health Ministry said. The …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Turkey and Iraq opened high-level talks in Ankara days before the expiry of their 1973 Kirkuk–Ceyhan crude pipeline agreement, with Turkey seeking a new f…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zaidani met privately with the heads of four security agencies two weeks before launching a covert arrest operation in Baghdad in…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid left Baghdad on Friday and traveled to Iran to attend the funeral and farewell ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Federation held a broad meeting at the Star League headquarters in Baghdad under President Younes Mahmoud, with Vice Presidents Sarmad …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Agriculture and Water Committee said the country's water crisis remains strategic even as recent rainfall has offered partial relief.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is navigating overlapping migration flows driven by returning expatriates, internal displacement and climate-linked movement, a deputy migration mini…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dicle Sports Club claimed the men's, women's and mixed doubles titles at the Iraqi Badminton Cup, held from June 30 to July 2 at Dicle University College …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry announced that the number of vehicles fitted with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) systems in Baghdad and other cities has surpassed 95,0…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission has barred political analyst Bashar Haqim from all media appearances across local and foreign outlets for one y…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 8 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil remain stranded on tankers, according to data from Iraq's Ministry of Trade, with officials placing the val…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces carried out raids in Sadr City, a sprawling district in eastern Baghdad, targeting a network accused of sexually and financially bla…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Ajaaj Ahmed Hardan al-Tikriti for crimes committed during the Anfal operations against Kurdish…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of women gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday to mark one year since Iraq amended its Personal Status Law to allow citizens to choose the jurisp…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's Embassy in Baghdad officially announced that the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not be held in the Iraqi capital, dismissing e…
