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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Russia's UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya called on Israel to end its military operations, citing Israeli strikes on Syrian territory as a serious obstacle t…
IraqBUDAPEST, Hungary — Ferencváros thrashed Trabzonspor 4-0 in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off on Thursday, sealing a 5-0 aggregate victory and a place i…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Mazloum Abdi, the former commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as a presidential adviser under a d…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Sadqun parliamentary group in Iraq's parliament has removed lawmaker Mohammed Abu al-Eys from its membership, citing repeated violations. In a written…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on regional countries to uphold good neighborly relations and prevent their territories from being used by t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A partial lunar eclipse and the northern lights are expected to overlap late Thursday into early Friday on the night of Aug. 27-28, giving skywatchers acr…
BaghdadSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Representatives of unpaid teachers in the Kurdistan Region met with officials in Erbil and Baghdad to press for the formal employment of around 78,00…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Authorities in the western Iranian city of Ilam seized five artifacts dating to the Iron Age and arrested a suspect during an anti-smuggling opera…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the White House renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes shared between the United States an…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he does not see a need for additional sanctions on Russia at this stage. Asked whether …
ErbilNAJAF, Iraq — Police in Najaf have dismantled a gang involved in human organ trafficking in the city's historic center, arresting two suspects, a security source said. Th…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — A delegation of Iraqi lawmakers from across the political spectrum will travel to Iran to negotiate passage for Iraqi oil tankers, said Ahmed Huzeyli, a m…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's Parliamentary Security and Defense Commission said the committee is reviewing arms contracts signed by the Defense and Interior Ministr…
IraqRijab in Iran's western Kermanshah province, home to one of the Middle East's tallest waterfalls, is under threat from environmental pressures and unregulated development…
IraqRussia's Defense Ministry said it carried out mass strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, logistics centers and sea ports, according to its daily brief…
IraqMOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of attempting to cause a nuclear disaster in Europe, allegi…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said the United States is not pursuing new talks with Iran, telling reporters at the White House that n…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Artists Union announced the death of painter Husam Abdulmuhsin at the age of 75. According to the union, Abdulmuhsin was born in 1951 in Maysan …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Steven Fagin, the United States' ambassador to Iraq, is preparing to return to Baghdad to lead the US Mission in Iraq, according to Turkish-language repor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Shiite Coordination Framework has rejected calls to dismiss or accept the resignation of ministers in Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's cab…