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.
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said a court in Basra has sentenced a defendant to death for the killing of an officer assigned to the city's criminal pol…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A Basra felony court has sentenced a man to death for killing a military officer in the southern Iraqi city. The court ruled that the defendant had shot dea…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck the US-operated Azraq Air Base in Jordan with ballistic missiles in the morning, ta…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Director General of Education in Basra, Abdürrezzak Faysal, has accused lawmaker Reca Fazıl al-Hamdi and the lawmaker's son of attacking staff at the di…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Turkish industrialists and exporters have welcomed a series of agreements signed with Iraq following the July 28 meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdo…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — An armed gang broke into a gold shop in the Abu al-Khasib district in southeastern Basra, stealing gold jewelry and cash before fleeing through a hole cut i…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry announced on Saturday the signing of a tripartite agreement covering crude oil exports of 750,000 barrels per day through Turkey's Cey…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Spain's interior minister said Saturday that the number of people killed in the migrant crisis in Ceuta, the Spanish autonomous city on the northwest Africa…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — US Central Command said it has cleared roughly 30 commercial vessels through an Iranian blockade, conducted approaches on two ships and boarded another tw…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — MADRID — Spain’s Interior Ministry said Friday that approximately 49,000 irregular migrants reached the North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco over a 2…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Basra Governorate declared Sunday a public holiday for all government institutions across the province, citing high temperatures and the need to allow c…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Footage released on Wednesday shows damage at a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) operations center in Basra following an attack, according to images circul…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) Basra Operations Command confirmed Wednesday that its headquarters was hit by an airstrike in the ear…
BasraRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Defense Ministry said its air force has officially joined airstrikes on Iraqi territory in coordination with U.S. Central C…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Transport said the first river ferry from Iran's Khorramshahr port arrived at the Ashar pier in Basra on Sunday, carrying Iranian pilgr…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Israeli forces carried out operations across the West Bank on Monday, carrying out arrests, searching homes and erecting military checkpoints, according to …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said it stopped six ships in the Strait of Hormuz after issuing warnings and asserted full control over the wa…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — The United States halted air strikes on Iran on Sunday, pausing military operations in a conflict now approaching its fifth month. Iran has no…
BasraBERLIN, Germany — A vehicle drove into a crowd at an LGBTİ+ Pride event near the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin on Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring 1…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Ali Fallah al-Zaydi, held its twelfth regular session in Baghdad on Monday evening and approved a s…
