Latest Iraq news in English from Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Kirkuk, Erbil and across Iraq. Follow politics, security, economy, energy and regional developments with professionally edited updates.
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Commission on Integrity said a director-general serving in the Ministry of Electricity has been sentenced to six years in prison on bribery charges…
IraqMADRID — Atletico Madrid is willing to consider offers of around 150 million euros for Argentina forward Julian Alvarez following a breakdown in relations with the 26-yea…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee has requested that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's government allocate funds in the federal …
IraqSingapore has banned the sale and chewing of gum since 1992, with violators facing fines and imprisonment. In Venice, Italian authorities introduced a rule in 2008 prohib…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Monday that a senior member of the paramilitary group and three others had been taken into PMF custody the same…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met with US Chargé d'Affaires Joshua Harris in Baghdad to discuss bilateral ties and regional developments…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Samarra State Company for Drugs and Medical Supplies, affiliated with Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals, has begun producing moxifloxacin, the firs…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Journalists in Iraq say they face persistent difficulties obtaining official information, as several ministries and government institutions lack designate…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Authorities in Duhok province have located 43 artillery shells in a village in the Mangesh district and transported them to a disposal site, the provincial …
IraqARBIL, Iraq — A Kurdistan Regional Government official said on Monday, August 24, 2026, that all international oil companies operating in the region had formally resumed …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected for a second time a request by former Iraq Football Federation president Adnan Dirjal to suspend …
IraqALBANY, N.Y. — Federal authorities have arrested a 35-year-old woman in Albany, New York, on charges that she plotted an attack on the state cathedral building, according…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ukraine's ambassador to Iraq marked his country's 35th independence anniversary on August 24, affirming that Ukraine has not pursued territorial claims ag…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's State of Law Coalition has selected Brigadier General Mohammed al-Sultani as its alternative candidate to fill the vacant Interior Ministry post, a…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Provincial Police Directorate said several individuals were detained in connection with unrest that broke out overnight in the village of Kerde Resha …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry announced that security forces seized 519,144 smuggled and unregulated medicines and medical supplies in a Baghdad operation and …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Electricity Production Company has dismissed 11 managers at power stations in the country's south, according to company documents. The dism…
Dhi QarNASIRIYAH, Iraq — The administration of Nasiriyah Heart Hospital, the largest cardiac facility in southern Iraq, has appealed to local business owners, merchants, contrac…
ErbilBABYLON, Iraq — The provincial council of Babel voted in an extraordinary session on Monday evening to rename the Cerf al-Naser district as Medinat al-Naser, a Shafaq New…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service denied social media reports that a figure from the leadership of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) had been detained.…
