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IraqRussia's Defense Ministry said on Friday that its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 39 Ukrainian drones between 08:00 and 20:00 Moscow time. In a daily statem…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Talaba Sports Club has received 2 billion dinars in funding to address a financial crisis that began with the 2026-2027 Iraqi Stars League season. The clu…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf Police Directorate said investigators identified the suspect in a hit-and-run case in which an unidentified body was dumped in an isolated area of the…
IraqMazlum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), announced at an evening press conference that the group has been formally dissolved and that its forces will…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament, said the United States will be defeated in the economic sphere just as it has been in mili…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Civil National Dialogue Coordination Committee hosted a discussion at the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad attended by lawmakers and officials to debate the g…
IraqMOUNTGOMERY, Ala. — A 26-year-old U.S. social media creator, Alicia Raching, was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Montgomery, Alabama, local police said. The crash al…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Security forces in Kirkuk arrested one of the city's most prominent drug traffickers in an operation carried out by an anti-narcotics unit, security source…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A historic tekke dating to the Ottoman era inside Kirkuk's Citadel has become a focal point for residents and visitors from other cities marking the Mawlid…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Independent Election Commission has asked parliament to amend the 2018 Amended Election Law No. 12 so that the national identity card, rathe…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi said the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and can be reopened only under arrangements set by Tehran,…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's Ministry of Education has announced that Kurdish will be taught as an elective course for two hours a week in schools starting from the 2026-202…
IraqBritish physician Dr. Amir Khan has identified five common daily habits that can push blood pressure higher, according to his remarks on ITV programs "Lorraine" and "Good…
IraqOTTAWA, Canada — The Canadian government said Wednesday it will impose retaliatory customs duties ranging from 15% to 50% on a set of US imports, following the failure of…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi has ordered that a single national identity card be used in Iraq's next general elections, according to a written statement fr…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States is monitoring "every inch" of the Strait of Hormuz, Mount Khor and three previously…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Peshmerga announced on Wednesday that the mission of German military advisors, deployed as part of efforts to counter ISI…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Advisory said security forces arrested a man who impersonated public officials and state figures to contact government institutio…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that ending war and preserving social unity are among his government's top priorities, telling reporters that Ir…
IraqA new study says the global fertility rate fell below the population replacement threshold in 2026, marking the first such decline on record, even outside periods of war …
