Iraq economy news in English covering oil, energy, investment, markets, trade, banking and public finance developments across the country.
IraqKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Kuwait's military said its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed hostile aerial targets in the country's airspace in the early hours of Tues…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein traveled to Kuwait on Tuesday for his first official visit to a Gulf state since the new government was formed, a gove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Ziyadani said tanks were deployed during the Dawn Operation to close off Baghdad's Green Zone, in remarks broadcast on television…
IraqFIFA President Gianni Infantino is under growing international pressure over allegations that his political support for U.S. President Donald Trump violated FIFA's ethics…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to remove Haydar Mekki from his post as head of the National Investment Commission. A brief statement issued by the par…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Seven people were detained in the Nahravan area in eastern Baghdad for burning medical waste and causing environmental pollution, the Baghdad Operations C…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has outlined the application requirements for admission to gifted middle schools and Baghdad College high schools in the capi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah on Wednesday to discuss bilateral …
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…
IraqMOSCOW — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it detained a 25-year-old man accused of planning an assassination attempt on a senior Russian military officer in M…
IraqThe EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that June 2026 was the hottest June recorded in Western Europe since measurements began. The agency's monthly bul…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities has rejected reports circulating on social media and news websites alleging that Undersecretar…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities have opened legal proceedings against Jassim al-Awadi over social media posts that insulted Iraqis, officials and local media said. The …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A rift within Iraq's Shia political landscape has become more visible in recent weeks, with lawmaker Azza Shabandar saying Prime Minister Ali Zebidi has g…
IraqMENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta announced plans on Wednesday to build a $9 billion data center in Alberta, Canada, aimed at expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented pistols to other leaders attending a NATO summit hosted in Ankar…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A commentary published this week argues that Iraq’s parliamentary opposition tradition, first shaped during the monarchy that ended with the 1958 revoluti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is considering the strict anti-corruption model pioneered by Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sud…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Governorate has declared a one-day public holiday for Thursday, suspending operations across all official government institutions. In a state…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Iran would face a repeat of "what happened last night" if it attempted to close the Strait of…
