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IraqHAMBURG, Germany — A Ferris wheel at the Sommer Dome fair in Hamburg stopped operating late Tuesday due to a technical fault, leaving 23 people stranded at roughly 30 met…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Election affairs expert Dareed Tawfiq has criticized Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's proposal to make Iraq's national identity card the basis fo…
IraqResearchers said the widely held belief that adults need eight hours of sleep is not an absolute standard, with sleep quality, regularity and timing potentially more infl…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Legal Committee and Security and Defense Committee are preparing to advance proposed amendments to the traffic law to a second readin…
IraqFormer Turkish actor Tolga Karel, known for playing "Uğur" in the television series "Yaprak Dökümü" (widely known as "Dönüşüm"), left acting roughly a decade ago and move…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Nearly 20 Iranian oil tankers are holding position off Sri Lanka's coast after a US naval blockade restricted ship movements into and out of Iranian ports,…
IraqREYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelandic voters will go to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to reopen accession talks with the European Union, amid a backdrop of growing glo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices held steady on Monday as investors awaited key US inflation data and assessed the Federal Reserve's interest rate path, following a three-mont…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oil prices fell by about 2% in Wednesday trading as Iran and Oman resumed talks on establishing a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz an…
BaghdadMOSUL, Iraq — The head of the Energy and Oil Committee in the Nineveh provincial council, Ahmed Abd Rabbo, has warned fuel station operators in Mosul that managers who fa…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anbar Province Police said on Saturday that officers detained a suspect accused of killing a citizen in the province. The arrest was carried out by the Ka…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission said a Baghdad-based journalist who appeared on a local television program criticizing the Popular Mobilization…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammed Kazem Ali Sadiq, following publications by some Iranian diplomatic missions cont…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Finance Minister Faleh al-Sari said public sector salaries are fully guaranteed and that there is no plan to issue payments every 45 days. He said the mon…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Air Force and Gaz al-Shimal drew 1-1 in Week 3 of the Iraq Stars League at Captain Sherar Haidar Stadium in Baghdad, with the match kicking off at 21:45 l…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian presidency is preparing two decrees under which Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the formally dissolved Syrian Democratic Forces, will be appoin…
IraqNASHVILLE, United States — Country music legend Dolly Parton died at age 80 in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for her soft voice, emotionally resonant songs and glittering s…
IraqBRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgium's food safety agency said at least 306 people have been infected with salmonella traced to a poultry farm in the country's northern Flanders r…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — New US sanctions targeting transactions with Iran’s designated sectors could expose countries, companies and financial institutions to secondary sanctions…
IraqBRUSSELS — The European Union is reviewing possible sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over his statements on Gaza, EU foreign policy sp…
