Iraq economy news in English covering oil, energy, investment, markets, trade, banking and public finance developments across the country.
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education is finalizing the admission criteria for schools serving gifted and high-achieving students and will publish them in the comi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Finance Ministry has begun drafting the 2027 federal general budget, the prime minister's financial adviser, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said. The work …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi environmental specialist, Murtaza al-Gunaidi, has warned that continued pollution in the Tigris River and the absence of urgent government action…
IraqNASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said China could get astronauts back to the lunar surface ahead of the United States, framing the contest as a live space race with Beij…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Communications, Mustafa Sanad, said on Wednesday that the country is seeking to become a regional hub for data exchange and communicati…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Governorate announced a series of new appointments within the provincial Directorate of Education, the governorate said in a statement on Monday. …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research issued binding directives to all private universities on Monday, based on correspondence from …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Graduates in engineering, petroleum specialties, and science continued a sit-in protest in front of the Basra Oil Company on Monday, marking the second day …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Council of Representatives convened on Monday for the first session of the second legislative chapter of its sixth electoral term, following the…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A grassroots movement in Basra opposed to the Khor Abdullah agreement has called on the Iraqi government to investigate reports that Kuwaiti coast guard ves…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has restored crude oil production to pre-war levels at three major fields following the easing of maritime restrictions in the Gulf under a U.S.-Iran…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Kirkuk's health directorate confirmed a case of hemorrhagic fever in a 35-year-old woman in Hawija district, marking the first recorded case in the area. T…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar traded near its lowest level in two weeks on Monday as expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike at the June meeting weakened. The euro…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oil prices fell in Asian trading on Monday after the OPEC+ alliance approved an increase of 188,000 barrels per day to its production targets starting in …
IraqBrazil's bid to end its long World Cup drought under Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti suffered an early setback on Sunday, when the national team was defeated by Norway in h…
IraqBrazil national team coach Carlo Ancelotti said Sunday's heavy defeat to Norway in the FIFA World Cup round of 16 should serve as fuel for the future, after his side's di…
IraqKYIV, Ukraine — Explosions were reported in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday morning, prompting the city's military administration to declare an air-raid threat and dir…
IraqNEW YORK — Eight people, including four children, were wounded in a shooting in Brooklyn on Tuesday night during Fourth of July celebrations, the New York Police Departme…
IraqPARIS, France — PARIS — France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said around 20 major wildfires have been detected nationwide, with six classified as emergencies and thre…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Western military assessments cited by Bloomberg describe the threat level in the Strait of Hormuz as substantial, with mines reported to have spread toward …
