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IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on neighboring countries to cooperate on joint security arrangements in remarks at an Islamic uni…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — American economist Muhsin Bacenid has warned that Washington's tariff-based trade war policy poses the greatest risk to global trade and will …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces have arrested a suspect in connection with an attack on security personnel in the Dora district of Baghdad, authorities said on Tues…
IraqSearch and rescue teams are working to locate more than 1,300 people reported missing after flash floods and landslides struck villages along the Nepal-Tibet border, offi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Municipality said two of its police personnel were killed and four others wounded during clashes that erupted on Thursday while crews were rem…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — A criminal court in Dhi Qar province has sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing the underage daughter of a neighbor in the city of Naj…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Education Minister Abdulkarim Abtan has ordered private education institutes nationwide to install surveillance camera systems, the ministry said i…
IraqA Turkish-language commentary titled "Fear and Authority: Why Do People Submit?" examines the social and psychological roots of obedience to power. The writer opens with …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anti-corruption data shows that 5,345 government projects in Iraq stalled between 2018 and 2023, with a combined estimated cost of about 33.27 trillion Ir…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Fazil Abdulmajid, a former Iraqi national football player of the 1950s and 1960s, has died in his hometown of Kirkuk at the age of 91. Born in Kirkuk on 1 …
IraqMADRID — Argentine forward Julian Alvarez missed a second consecutive Atletico Madrid training session on Friday, extending his absence from group work after skipping Wed…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A colonel-rank officer was killed during a security incident that occurred as authorities carried out an operation against unauthorized construction on la…
IraqChinese fast-fashion retailer Shein is preparing to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange at a valuation of approximately $27 billion, sharply lower than the roughly $100 …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Intelligence and Security Service (INSS) said it identified and shut down an unlicensed drone production facility in Baghdad, seizing 25 a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Council returned more than 93 billion Iraqi dinars to the state treasury during the first half of 2026, council spokesperson Arsh…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) reiterated its allegiance to the Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces and said its units remain deployed across …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The spokesman for Iraq's armed forces said the international coalition's mission in the country will end on September 30, with the withdrawal continuing a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — KUALA LUMPUR — Iraq's under-17 national team has been placed in Group 2 of the AFC U17 Asian Cup qualifiers following the draw held in the Malaysian capit…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has suspended student transfers from public and private high schools to gifted schools for the 2026–2027 academic year. The m…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Brent crude slipped below $87 a barrel on Friday, extending a weekly decline of more than 7%, while West Texas Intermediate traded near $82. Prices came un…
