Iraq economy news in English covering oil, energy, investment, markets, trade, banking and public finance developments across the country.
IraqThe kickoff time for the England-Mexico Round of 16 match at the World Cup on Sunday could be moved earlier because of an expected storm and flooding risk in the host cit…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A security source with the Baghdad Police Directorate denied on Saturday reports that security forces had raided the homes of several officials in the cap…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces said Friday they arrested a foreign national described as a crystal methamphetamine dealer in Maysan province, seizing about one kil…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Governorate has declared next Wednesday a public holiday for employees of state institutions across the capital. Authorities said the decision…
MaysanMAYSAN, Iraq — The Maysan Province narcotics unit said it arrested a foreign national on Friday after seizing one kilogram of crystal narcotics. The unit said the suspect…
IraqTEL AVIV, Israel — JERUSALEM — The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a New York Times report that Israel had planned to assassinate Iranian Par…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Security sources said two people were injured in two separate altercations in Kirkuk on Friday. In the first incident, a man opened fire on his 20-year-old…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission said operations targeting unlicensed encrypted television broadcast systems are continuing, with technical team…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council has issued a warning about fraud and extortion attempts linked to the case of Adnan Mohammed Hammoud al-Jami, a former depu…
IraqInvestors withdrew $17.2 billion from US equity funds in the week ending July 1, the largest weekly outflow since March, according to a Bank of America report citing EPFR…
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…
IraqBERLIN, Germany — Thousands of Mercedes-Benz workers held demonstrations at factory gates in several German cities on Friday to protest the company's cost-reduction plans…
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…
IraqMOSCOW — Russia's Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has warned that a strong magnetic storm could hit Earth within the …
IraqBEIRUT, Lebanon — BEIRUT — The lawyer for Lebanese artist Fadl Shakir said Wednesday that social media reports claiming a military court had agreed to release his client …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Official data from the Basra Directorate of Water Resources shows a significant year-on-year decline in salinity levels at monitoring stations across the ci…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — A state funeral was held in the Iranian capital on Saturday for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes on February 28. His body and the …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Iran has begun negotiations with Japanese companies on crude oil exports, according to three Iranian and Western sources who spoke to Reuters.…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has pulled most of its military personnel out of Nigeria following a recent joint operation against ISIS in the…
