Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
SulaymaniyahERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Electricity said the share of subscribers receiving uninterrupted power around the clock across the region h…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Rusafa district arrested a suspect caught red-handed while extorting a girl through electronic means, the Baghdad Police Command's Rus…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi on Thursday appointed Fatma Hasan Menhil as acting head of the Mansur municipality in Baghdad. According to a statement …
DuhokAMEDI, Iraq — Fig harvesting in the Amedi district of Duhok province has started later than usual this summer because of an extended winter and heavy rainfall, the local …
IraqSpain’s La Liga has introduced new referee guidelines for the 2024-25 season aimed at reducing time-wasting and increasing active playing time. Substitutes will not be al…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's 2027 budget will move to a broader program and performance-based structure, the prime minister's financial and economic adviser, Muzahir Mohammed S…
IraqIn the latest episode of “Live Talk” on Sumeriye TV, host Hanein Heysem said etiquette is not limited to table manners or formal reception rules but is a behavior pattern…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Anbar Provincial Council, Adnan al-Kubaysi, said comments by Martyrs' Foundation head Abdul Amir al-Naibli about fake martyr and wounded files…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament postponed on Thursday the review of challenges to the validity of certain lawmakers' memberships after the session failed to reach th…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met on Monday with Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, leader of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, to discuss co…
IraqROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch police said on Wednesday that an explosion at the port of Rotterdam killed at least one person and injured several others. Authorities said…
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority Chairman Turki Alalshikh announced on Thursday that Riyadh Season will sponsor the 2027 Spanish Supe…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's official gold reserves stand at 174.6 tonnes, representing 23.1 percent of the country's total reserves, according to the World Gold Council's Augu…
IraqAuthor Youssef Zidane argues that the Arab world's theological framework has historically produced religious violence, and that moving beyond it requires abandoning the n…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Reconstruction and Development Bloc said the government has pledged to submit a draft law regulating the service and retirement condi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Hannun Meshkur, a former Iraq national team and Air Force Club footballer, died in Baghdad on Saturday after a battle with illness lasting more than two y…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has begun redeploying and maneuvering military units in the area between Kirkuk and the Tuzhurmatu district, ministry spokes…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The heads of six Arab football federations — Qatar, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Egypt and Mauritania — issued a joint statement reiterating the…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — The Basra Provincial Council has voted to appoint six administrators to lead four districts and two subdistricts across the province. The council selected R…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until all conditions set by Tehran are met. H…
