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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad municipality is pressing ahead with strategic projects to expand the city's wastewater treatment capacity, the municipality's general secretary, A…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi critic and translator Abdulhadi Saadun has been named the 11th recipient of the Martielo Ries International Translation Award, granted by the Madrid…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The Sun reported that England’s national football team players may take medication containing sildenafil to help their bodies adjust to playing at the Azt…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The 2026 World Cup round of 16 begins Saturday with two matches. Morocco, which advanced past the Netherlands on penalties, faces Canada in Houston in the…
IraqFormer Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has confirmed he was approached by the German Football Federation (DFB) about the Germany national team head coach role following Ju…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice released 640 prisoners in June 2026 through the Iraqi Reform Directorate, according to a ministry statement. Of those released,…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council announced that Judge Ali Hussein Jawdat, head of the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation, received the R…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government said over the weekend that it has not received its share of revenue from three main border crossings, even as May collecti…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — The military spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, Yahya Saree, said Saudi warplanes attempted to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa airpo…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — An armed group abducted a young man on Saturday in the outskirts of Altun Kupri district in northern Kirkuk and fled toward an unknown destination, securit…
IraqResearchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have found that regular physical activity can help smokers quit and reduce nicotine cravings. The study pooled resu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate of Meteorology said on Friday that hot and sunny conditions will continue across the country, with some cloud cover expected in…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's Basra heavy and medium crude grades posted weekly losses, tracking a broader pullback in global oil markets. Basra heavy crude settled at $60.09 a ba…
IraqApple has introduced a new security feature called “Trust Insights” for the iOS 27 operating system, announced during the WWDC 2026 Developers Conference. The system is d…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — A review of clinical trials suggests creatine, a compound the body produces naturally for energy metabolism, may help reduce depression symptoms when used a…
IraqANKARA, Turkey — Turkish municipal crews have begun landscaping along the main road from the capital's airport to the city center ahead of a NATO leaders' summit schedule…
IraqPRAIA, Cape Verde — Fans poured into the streets of the capital Praia after Cape Verde lost 2-1 to Argentina, celebrating the national team's performance in the World Cup…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's anti-corruption fight has moved back into the spotlight with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia'ez-Sudani's recent statements and operations. Sudani has …
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — The naming of members of parliament, ministers and senior officials in corruption files has reignited a debate in Iraq that extends beyond recent detentio…
IraqIraq's corruption problem is measured less by the sums stolen than by how it reshapes the relationship between the state and society, according to an analysis of Iraq's s…
