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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces arrested 13 people in Diwaniya on Wednesday during an operation against an electronic fraud network, the National Security Service s…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — The Brookings Institution in Washington held a panel on political, social and economic changes in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The session wa…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani and Azm Alliance leader Muthanna al-Samarrai met in Erbil to discuss political developments in Iraq, according to a statement …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — A fire in farmland in Tel Jamal village in the Tal Afar district of Nineveh burned more than 15 dunams of crops, a security source said. The blaze was cause…
IraqMADRID, Spain — Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has been named the winner of Spain’s 2026 Princess of Asturias Sports Award, selected by a jury meeting in Madrid for hi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Health Minister Abdulhussein Al-Musaawi said administrative and financial procedures have been completed for the salaries of doctors in specialty t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Britain-based report by Amwaj said Fayli Kurds have made gains in representation in Iraq’s parliament, but remain under the influence of major political…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Health Minister Abdullhussein al-Musewi said procedures have been completed for the salaries of contracted doctors whose pay has been delayed for th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Economist Nabil El-Mersumi and the Iraqi Parliament’s media office were involved in a legal dispute in Baghdad on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, after remarks m…
IraqLJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia did not allow an Israeli passenger aircraft to land at Ljubljana airport, forcing the plane to divert to Zagreb airport in Croatia, accordi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Education Ministry announced changes to exam cheating penalties for university students on June 3, 2026. The new regulations establish a gra…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Islamic Resistance Movement Nujaba said on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, that its position on keeping its weapons has not changed. In a statement issued in…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — A new study says mental disorders have become the leading cause of disability worldwide. The research estimated that about 1.2 billion people are living wit…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s parliament speaker, Hussein al-Halbusi, on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaydi to submit alternative names for the head of the Federa…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state media said Wednesday evening that a U.S. military vessel was targeted in the Gulf of Oman as it approached Iranian territorial waters. The re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Oil Minister Basim al-Abbadi on Wednesday appointed a new official spokesman for the ministry, according to a ministry order. The order named Selim…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Since 2003, Iraq’s society has been worn down by the political landscape, according to the article, which says public discourse has often been marked by ins…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Petroleum announced Thursday that a nationwide gasoline shortage will be resolved next week, with new shipments expected to arrive shor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Finance Ministry has sent a letter to the Health Ministry requesting a list of contract doctors who graduated in 2023 and 2024 for salary payments,…
IraqIraklı yazar Fadıl Hüseyin el-Hafaci wrote about the relationship between politics, literature and culture in a piece that weighed the pressures shaping young writers and…
