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.
IraqNEW YORK — A U.S. study found that eating late at night combined with high stress significantly increases the likelihood of digestive problems. Researchers at the NYU Gro…
IraqA CORUÑA, Spain — Iraq's national football team faces Spain in a friendly match in A Coruña on Thursday, a final test ahead of 2026 World Cup qualifying. Iraq is ranked …
BabilHezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qasim on Thursday rejected ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Israel, describing the talks as "humiliating" and any agreement based on d…
BabilHezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qasim called on Thursday for the immediate suspension of direct negotiations involving Israel, describing the talks as a "disgrace…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Razzag Mahibes es-Sa'dawi and Basra Governor Asa'd el-Eidani visited the Shalamcheh border gate on the Iran border to inspect proj…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's security apparatus began distributing more than 700 residential plots to its personnel in Baghdad on Tuesday, marking the fourth phase of a housing…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdish Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani met with Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq Anıl Bora İnan in Erbil on Monday to discuss bilateral relation…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi officials say electrical faults account for roughly 70 percent of the country's annual fire incidents, which cause billions of dinars in damage each…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region — Approximately 15 percent of Sulaymaniyah's population lacks access to drinking water networks, according to Bektiyar Tahir, director of t…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Feras al-Jubouri, Chairman of the Energy Commission of the Diyala Provincial Council, announced plans to expand a fuel coupon system across the province to…
IraqKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — KUWAIT CITY — The closure of the Iraq border contributed to a decline in new foreign business in Kuwait, according to a Purchasing Managers' Index s…
IraqBaku, Azerbaijan — An Azerbaijani citizen has discovered an abnormal balance of $21.8 billion in their bank account in Turkey, prompting the bank to block the account. Th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The International Monetary Fund has sharply revised down its growth forecast for Iraq, projecting the country's economy will contract 6.8 percent in 2026,…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oil inventories stored on tankers in the Gulf have declined to roughly 148 million barrels from 184 million barrels in March, according to Reuters analysi…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Large crowds gathered in Najaf on Thursday as pilgrims from across Iraq and several Arab and Islamic countries began arriving for Ghadir Khom celebrations…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Court of Cassation announced that the National Judicial Coordination Center chaired an international dialogue on terrorism held in The Hague on J…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry has designated the ongoing gasoline shortage as its highest priority, according to the ministry's newly appointed spokesman Selim er-R…
AnbarWASHINGTON, United States — President Trump threatened Oman while expressing concerns about Iran's increasing role in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway through…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government announced an official suspension of government work, coinciding with the commemoration of Ghadir Khumm across Iraq. The re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi mobile phone companies have resumed a practice of seizing and reselling unused phone numbers, exposing thousands of subscribers to privacy breaches …
