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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday that limited parts of the country's southern cities are expected to see light rainfall during the day…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Police in Kirkuk have launched an investigation after the body of a 20-year-old man was found in the Domez area on Friday. A source at the forensic medicin…
IraqKATHMANDU, Nepal — The death toll from devastating floods in Nepal has climbed to 469, the country's Ministry of Home Affairs said Friday, as rescuers continued searching…
IraqScientists at Russia’s Institute of Marine Biology have documented mussels changing sex in response to environmental stress, presenting what they describe as the first di…
IraqU.S. Central Command chief General Brad Cooper announced that international transit corridors in the Strait of Hormuz have been fully cleared of naval mines laid by Iran'…
IraqPANAMA CITY — A tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas paid $5.3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal before restrictions tied to El Niño conditions too…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The U.S. dollar held near a one-week high against major currencies on Friday as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at the Jacks…
IraqAsian equity markets closed broadly higher on Friday as investors awaited commentary from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for clues on the U.S. central bank's interest-…
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…