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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Generators Union has decided to shut down all private generators across the country's cities on September 1, union head Dirğam al-Shuwayli said. A…
IraqROME — Brazilian forward Ronaldo, 46, has signed for Italian third-division side Ravenna and also become a shareholder of the club, returning to professional football mor…
IraqFootage of Lebanese singer Elissa returning a Palestinian keffiyeh to the audience without wearing it during a concert at the International Carthage Festival in Tunisia h…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — BAGHDAD — Long-running social media claims linking five global football stars to Islam have resurfaced online, drawing renewed attention to the players' p…
IraqAustralian police have charged a person with foreign espionage after accusing them of gathering intelligence on the Ukrainian military and attempting to pass it to Russia…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A lawmaker from the Yazidi Brotherhood Coalition bloc in Iraq's parliament said only about 10 percent of Yazidis affected by the 2014 ISIS offensive have …
IraqAmerican singer Ariana Grande publicly objected after President Donald Trump's team shared a video online using her music without permission. The footage showed Trump wal…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi said a process to bring firearms under state control will formally begin at the end of September, calling it …
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Police in Babylon province said a man was arrested on Friday after setting his mother on fire inside her home in the tourist district of Hilla. The provin…
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — French striker Karim Benjema has confirmed he will remain at Al-Hilal for the duration of his contract, putting to rest speculation about a possibl…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visited the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf on Friday with a delegation of Iranian lawmakers, saying the…
IraqApple is preparing to raise product prices, citing a global shortage of memory chips, Chief Executive Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal. Cook said the company would n…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Four people were killed and several others wounded in three separate incidents across Iraq, in Sulaymaniyah, Diwaniyah and Babylon provinces. In the Kifr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi said all Iraqi political forces are in full agreement on consolidating weapons under state control, rejecting the possibility …
IraqJERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Friday that Sabhi Shahut, a senior military official of Hamas, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday. According to a brief…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission has reported that more than 16,000 deceased individuals remain listed as active recipients on the country's official p…
IraqA Russian internal medicine specialist, Dr. Ivan Yerimenko, has warned that frequent and excessive consumption of potato chips can contribute to a range of health problem…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the killing of numerous senior Iranian officials has become the main obstacle to negotiations between…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education on Friday announced the second-semester exam results for sixth-grade students in the Karkh Second District primary schools. A…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological Organization said high temperatures and dusty conditions are expected across the country throughout the week. In its forecast, the a…
