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.
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's embassy in Libya said it has located 36 Iraqi nationals who entered the country through irregular channels, working in coordination with Libyan aut…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump said he has launched what he described as the toughest economic campaign in history against Iran, accusing Tehran of failing to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Karkh First Education Directorate has ordered schools and affiliated units to set air conditioners in classrooms and offices to a minimum of 23 …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's army chief, Major General Ali Abdollahi, has warned Gulf states not to provide any support or facilitation to U.S. forces against Iran, saying Tehra…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee said unidentified individuals detonated approximately 50,000 tank rounds at the Taji milit…
IraqSANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Houthi movement said it carried out new military operations against Saudi Arabia across three maritime zones and inside the kingdom, in a statement…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani received Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and his accompanying delegat…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The consultation units of Rizgari Teaching Hospital in Erbil reopened to the public on Wednesday following the completion of maintenance and renovation work…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Coordination Framework has established a special commission to open dialogue with armed factions refusing to hand over their weapons to the state, …
BaghdadOil prices climbed to their highest level in nearly three weeks on Friday amid continued uncertainty over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude gaine…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A criminal court in Erbil has sentenced a man to death for killing a three-member family and stealing their belongings, with the verdict delivered at the de…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Flydubai and Air Arabia have resumed flights through Iranian airspace following approval from Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, the regulator sa…
BaghdadCHONBURI, Thailand — Iraq's U20 national team defeated Kuwait 1-0 in a friendly match played in Chonburi, Thailand, as part of its training camp for the upcoming U20 Asia…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — A contractor in Kirkuk closed a section of the road between Al-Fath and Peyce to protest delays in the handover of his project and in receiving outstandin…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Babylon's Directorate for Combating Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances convened doctors, pharmacists and health officials at a seminar to review new rul…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Hunters Association has called for an immediate nationwide halt to hunting, saying the woodcock remains in its breeding and nesting season. In a wr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said Wednesday they had identified and detained the suspect in an early-morning shooting in the western Shu'la neighbor…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has ordered state and private universities to widen the application of so-called "processing g…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has deported more than 47,000 foreign nationals for violating the country's residency law since the beginning of 2025, the Interior Ministry said, as…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that an international drug-trafficking network comprising three foreign suspects had been dismantled in Babil p…
