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.
IraqGold prices rose to a three-month high on Monday, driven by a weaker dollar and fresh signals over U.S. monetary policy. Spot gold gained 0.9 percent to $4,643.63 per oun…
IraqSINGAPORE — The government announced a support package worth more than US$55,000 per child in an effort to counter a record-low birth rate, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong s…
IraqIraq Olympic football team head coach Graham Arnold has agreed to extend his contract with the Iraqi Football Federation, committing to stay in charge for the next period…
IraqADEN, Yemen — Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday they carried out three military operations against Saudi Arabia, including a missile strike on a Saudi oil tanker in the northe…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency announced on Wednesday that it had dismantled a criminal network accused of electronic-wallet theft a…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it targeted a Saudi oil tanker with a ballistic missile off the Saudi port of Yanbu in the eastern Re…
IraqPARIS, France — The French government announced that a ban on mobile phone use in secondary schools will take effect at the start of the next academic year. Government sp…
IraqThe ball used by Diego Maradona to score his famous "Hand of God" goal against England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico has sold for $3.4 million, about £2.5 million, at a…
IraqThe US Secret Service has launched an investigation into a roughly three-minute segment aired on Iranian state television that is believed to target Barron Trump, the you…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Nineveh’s members of Iraq’s parliament said they opposed recent administrative changes in the province, arguing that the appointments were based on politi…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A court in Basra has ordered the detention of media worker and activist Mustafa Abdurrazzak Reza al-Mayahi over his social media posts about border crossing…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Reconstruction and Development parliamentary bloc announced on Wednesday its support for a proposed amendment to the Teachers' Union Law, saying the o…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces deployed around Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday ahead of a planned rally by supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — PepsiCo has signed a new memorandum of understanding with Baghdad Soft Drinks Company to raise its annual production capacity in Iraq to more than 250 mil…
BaghdadBABYLON, Iraq — Water buffalo herds have returned to Shatt al-Hillah in Babil province after a severe drought between 2020 and 2024 caused river levels in the Tigris and …
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…
