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DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — The head of Diyala's provincial council investment commission said roughly 99% of investments in the province are concentrated in housing compounds and com…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Federal Education Ministry has exempted Kurdish-language schools in Khanaqin district of Diyala province from a nationwide order to merge or close s…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Commission on Integrity said on Monday that electrical materials worth 2 billion Iraqi dinars were stolen from a branch of the state Electricity Di…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A security source in Diyala province said 38 suicide cases have been recorded in the province from the beginning of 2026 to early July. The source said the…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Diyala province has declared Wednesday and Thursday, July 8 and 9, 2026, as official public holidays, suspending work across government institution…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala's health directorate said on Sunday that approximately 390,000 smuggled medicines were seized in the Kenaan subdistrict during a joint operation wi…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Khanaqin district governor Jawad Faydullah has given private electricity generator owners one hour to resume operations, warning that non-compliant generat…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Security sources reported two separate suicide incidents in Iraq's Diyala and Nineveh provinces. In Diyala, a fifth-grade high school student took his own …
DiyalaBAQUBAH, Iraq — Two separate incidents were reported in Iraq's Diyala province on Wednesday. A 17-year-old drowned while swimming in Lake Hamrin, according to a local sec…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Gold bars are among the more common ways Iraqis hedge against price swings, with bars typically produced at 99.9 percent purity in 24-karat gold and traded…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — A child drowned in a water project canal in the village of Saadiye in the Khalis district of northwestern Diyala after a slab reportedly fell on his head w…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — The director of Azim district in Diyala province, Nabil al-Obeidi, said electricity collection fees for agricultural wells and pumps have roughly doubled, …
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A family in Baquba, Diyala province, is mourning the death of a pet nightingale named Juri that had lived with them for nearly ten years. Family member Moh…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission announced sanctions against several media outlets and individuals. The regulator said it found that the Wilayat…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Diyala Provincial Council issued a written statement rejecting accusations that security forces interfered with land allocations for wounded and marty…
DiyalaBAQUBAH, Iraq — Wounded members of Iraq's security forces staged a protest outside the provincial council building in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, demanding t…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zeydi presided over a handover ceremony at the Central Bank where Nizar Nasser Hussein took over as governor from Ali Mo…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala provincial council head Omar al-Kurei said a formal request will be submitted to the federal government in July to rebuild the al-Wand refinery in …
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A former landfill near the Heciye River in Baquba, the capital of Diyala province east of Baghdad, has been converted into a multi-purpose sports facility …
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Residents of the Algeria Bridge area in Baghdad protested on Saturday over prolonged electricity outages as summer temperatures climbed. Locals said the d…
