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BasraBASRA, Iraq — Two people were killed in an armed attack at the Kout Al-Hajjaj intersection in central Basra, local security sources said. Gunfire was opened from a vehicl…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran has approved the passage of Iraqi oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz following a request from the Iraqi government, the Iranian state n…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Iraq's Maysan province dismantled eight drug trafficking and distribution networks in August and arrested 28 suspects, the Maysan Anti-Narcotics…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — LONDON — Brent crude traded near $94 a barrel on Friday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate stood at $86.90, extending sharp weekly gains driv…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Wasit's General Directorate of Sewerage has completed 80% of an infrastructure rehabilitation and development project in the district of Hay, the director…
IraqSTOCKHOLM, Sweden — Several people were injured on Thursday when a sword-wielding attacker entered a high school in central Sweden, according to local officials. The assa…
IraqLONDON — The UK Met Office has warned that an El Niño forming in the tropical Pacific could become one of the strongest in modern climate records. In a report released Th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Karkh Police Directorate, through its Criminal Combat Department, said it has dismantled a gang known as "Abu Shennib" that specialized in motor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of Numan Hospital in Baghdad and was brought under control, according to security sources. The blaze …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's government is preparing a comprehensive reform package aimed at reducing the economy's vulnerability to oil price swings, the prime minister's econ…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Ports Authority said customs officials at Basra International Airport seized a batch of medications carried by an Iraqi passenger arriving f…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US Representative Harriet Hageman has asked the Trump administration to take additional measures against foreign nationals using …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said it dismantled a drug trafficking and distribution network in Anbar province, detaining 50 suspects and seizing a lab…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The imam of Najaf's Friday prayer, Sayyid Sadruddin Kabancı, called during his sermon for Iraq's disarmament file to be handled through national will and ke…
IraqA recent Turkish commentary revisits Lewis Terman's longitudinal study, launched in 1921 to track gifted children, and argues that recent attempts to use the research to …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Police in Basra arrested a suspect wanted in connection with fraud, theft and threatening civilians, the provincial police media office said. The operation …
IraqThe United Nations said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing at an accelerating pace, with recorded deaths now exceeding 2,500. A senior UN o…
IraqGlobal stock markets traded cautiously on Friday as investors assessed the US Treasury's move to reshape longer-dated debt issuance and ease long-term borrowing costs. Tr…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Supreme Hajj and Umrah Authority, Sheikh Sami al-Masudi, met on Friday with the commander of the Federal Police Forces, Lieutenant Gene…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — BRUSSELS — Belgium has joined other major European governments in opposing Israel's E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, Deputy Prime Minister a…
