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BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar's selling rate against the Iraqi dinar rose at the close of trading on Monday, August 24, in the foreign exchange markets of Baghdad and E…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's presidency said relations between Erbil and Baghdad are at a strong level and continuing to develop, and expressed readiness to hel…
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — Private companies operating in Basra's oil sector have protested being paid in Iraqi dinars for dollar-denominated receivables under their contracts, instea…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi met on Monday with Dmitry Shugayev, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, in the presence…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's state-owned Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has relocated its IDC-51 drilling rig from the Zubair oil field in the southern city of Basra to the East …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Iraq National Forces Alliance, renewed his call for weapons to be placed under state authority during an event in Baghdad mark…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the United States has launched what he called its largest financial operatio…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The 17th International Agricultural Mechanization, Animal Production and Food Industry Week opened at the Baghdad International Fair grounds with 209 loca…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Basra Operations Command announced on Sunday evening that a controlled explosion will be carried out on Monday morning. The command said the blast would…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — August temperatures exceeding 50°C across southern Iraq have pushed the date harvest season into its peak, with agricultural specialist Jasim Mohammed say…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Members of the Qadiri Sufi order and their followers gathered at the Sayyid Abdullah Tekke in the village of Torak, southwest of Erbil, the capital of the K…
IraqRENO, Nev. — A fast-moving wildfire in northwestern Nevada has prompted evacuation orders for roughly 42,000 people, officials said Sunday. The blaze, dubbed the Hawk fir…
Dhi QarNASIRIYAH, Iraq — Seven municipal employees and intermediaries were detained in an anti-corruption operation at the Nasiriyah Municipality in the southern Iraqi province …
IraqKERMANSHAH, Iran — A wild plant known locally as "Bilaluk" or wild cherry, which grows on the rocky slopes of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran's Kermanshah province, …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Security Directorate has detained a man suspected of sexually assaulting a young woman in footage that circulated on social media, a Kurdistan Reg…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A gas leak occurred at well number 46 in the Habbaz oil field in Kirkuk, according to local security authorities. The field's security unit warned resident…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah issued a decree on Sunday stripping naturalized Kuwaitis of the right to vote, run fo…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Strait of Hormuz Administration said vessels that support ships violating transit rules in the strait will be added to the violators list and face f…
SaladinTIKRIT, Iraq — Tribal leaders in Tikrit, in the northern province of Salahaddin, have declared their support for the government of Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi, backing it…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate said its teams carried out two separate animal rescue operations in the southern cities of Basra and Dhaykar. In Dhaykar,…
