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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq ranked 10th worldwide in sunflower seed imports in 2025, with import value reaching $157.5 million, according to researcher and financial analyst Ali…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Hundreds of farmers gathered outside the Finance Ministry building in Baghdad, arriving from multiple cities to demand the immediate disbursement of delay…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — Gold extended its rally for a third consecutive trading session, supported by a decline in expectations of further US interest rate increases.…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — Oil prices climbed on Tuesday after Washington ruled out extending its ceasefire with Iran and a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Teh…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kataib Hezbollah, a faction operating under Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces umbrella, outlined conditions for joining the country's disarmament process…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein asked his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday for an official explanation of a drone strike that targeted the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Cerfussah, a district in Iraq's Babil province about 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, was abandoned after ISIS seized it in 2014 and has seen limited c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A high-level Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Bagher Galibaf, speaker of Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly, is expected to arrive in Baghdad on Wedne…
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement, said on Saturday that strikes on Iraqi territory launched from Iran with drones were regrettable, while sim…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Mohammed Shabr Abdallah, head of the Baghdad distribution unit within the oil products distribution department, has been removed from his post due to admi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Representatives condemned a drone attack on the office of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and called on the federal gove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Rusafa district said they have arrested a man who impersonated a captain serving in the prime minister's office to carry out fraud. Th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-Zeydi said on Monday his government is working to position Iraq as a hub linking the economic interests of regional countries.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi economist said a proposal to redenominate the Iraqi dinar and remove three zeros from the national banknotes would help surface cash holdings acc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's office said he ordered oil companies to maintain continuous 24-hour operations to keep production and exports ru…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security officials said intelligence indicated that armed groups had prepared a serious assassination plot against Supreme Judicial Council Presiden…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Advisory said Monday that security teams carried out coordinated searches across several prisons, seizing 651 mobile phones and 3…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has unveiled a strategic plan to raise tourism's share of gross domestic product to 10% by 2035, aiming to diversify its oil-dependent economy. The p…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani condemned Monday's attacks on the office of Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the r…
BaghdadANKARA, Türkiye — ANKARA — Iraq became the largest importer of Turkish cereals and pulses in the first seven months of 2026, with purchases of $855.9 million, according t…
