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NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The chairman of Najaf Sports Club, Ammar Necm, said the club's debt has reached 3.2 billion dinars, attributing the financial strain to outstanding obligati…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Lawmakers and legal experts in Iraq are calling for corruption cases tied to the Oil Ministry to be expanded beyond officials already facing judicial proc…
Dhi QarDHIQAR, Iraq — Health sources in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province said 105 confirmed hemorrhagic fever cases and eight deaths have been recorded since the beginning of 20…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Health Ministry said on Monday that 17 Iranian citizens, including one woman, were killed and 115 others wounded in US airstrikes on military target…
IraqRussian model Anastasiya Kostromitsina has drawn wide attention on social media by imitating Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, telling Reuters that videos of her mimickin…
SALADIN, Iraq — Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has described the thigh injury that forced him off during his side's 2-1 quarter-final defeat by Spain at the 2026 Wor…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Gaz al-Shamal has signed Mali winger Yakup Dembele as the Kirkuk-based football club strengthens its squad ahead of the new season, the team's administrati…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Ali Khamenei, the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said at a Friday ceremony in Qom that negotiating with the United Stat…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The acting director of the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Bill Waltz, announced a new round of layoffs at th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zidani declared a one-day public holiday on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, applying the order nationwide and beyond the holy cities of …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamedavi issued a warning addressed to Iraq's government and political forces, calling on them to bow to…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Foreign Policy magazine has described the wide-ranging anti-corruption operations led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's government as a pot…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf's Friday preacher Sheikh Sadreddin Kubeyncangi has cautioned against draft arrangements that would reduce or waive sentences for corruption defendants…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — LOS ANGELES — Spain advanced to the semifinals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Belgium in the quarterfinals. The tournament is being ho…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf Governor Yusuf Kinavi said the Iraqi government is pursuing a border crossing with Saudi Arabia, with approval secured from the prime minister and Sau…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. Central Command spokesman Tim Hawkins told reporters that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz and that the waterway remains open to commercial…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran's financial networks, designating 8 individuals a…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate for Narcotics Affairs said on Friday that two foreign nationals were detained in two separate operations in Babylon province, w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kataib Hezbollah's Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Humaydawi issued a written warning to the Iraqi government and officials, urging them to follow the wi…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Zakho Football Club in Iraq's Kurdistan Region has signed Uzbek forward Sherzod Temirov on a contract announced Friday, the club said. The 28-year-old strik…
