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.
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil's Traffic Directorate has concluded its preliminary investigation into a crash involving a 35-ton flour truck on the Erbil-Koya road, placing 100% of …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Unidentified assailants set fire to a parked car belonging to a Health Inspection Director in eastern Mosul, according to information cited from Ninawa poli…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — LONDON — A British research center has warned that renewed US sanctions on Iran will intensify economic and financial challenges for Iraq, which has long s…
IraqLG Electronics has launched its "Life's Good 2026" campaign under the theme "Unwind Your Mind," promoting its artificial intelligence-supported home appliances as tools t…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's internal security forces on Tuesday released video footage showing the moment "Zeyd al-Muwahhab" was taken into custody in Turkish territory, accus…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi Parliament's Education Commission, Selma al-Mikrahi, has called on the prime minister to reverse a Ministry of Higher Education deci…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi court has sentenced the director general of the Middle Euphrates Electricity Production Company and his private office director to six years in p…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Journalist and blogger Mustafa Abdurrazzak al-Mayahi began a hunger strike on Wednesday, April 9, in protest against a Basra Publications and Media Court ju…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Oil exports from Iraq's Basra ports have resumed at scale after a recent maritime disruption, economist Ziyad al-Hashimi said on Wednesday, citing satellite…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Concerns over possible power outages in Baghdad from private generators are mounting as September approaches, with the Oil Ministry confirming continued f…
IraqKATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese authorities said at least eight people died after severe flooding hit a mountainous region near the country's border with Tibet. Officials rep…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck near the Iraq-Iran border on Wednesday morning, according to Iraq's General Authority for Meteorology and Seismic Monito…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met on Wednesday in Erbil with German Federal Parliament lawmaker Kasim Tahir Saleh of the Greens Party, the Ku…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry has begun taking over the registration of refugees and asylum seekers from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the ministry's …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament has entered the final stage of negotiations over the allocation of nine vacant ministerial portfolios, a lawmaker said on Sunday. Member…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Sulaymaniyah will host its first international cancer conference on February 4-5, 2027, with more than 200 doctors and specialists expected to attend…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A truck traveling in the wrong lane struck eight vehicles on the Erbil-Kesnezan road in front of the Magic Land entertainment complex on Wednesday, accordin…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Finance Committee has prepared a draft law to establish a "Salary Stability Fund" aimed at ensuring the continuous payment of public-…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — An investigation has been opened into a fire that broke out early Wednesday at an oil-protection brigade site on the outer outskirts of Baquba, the capital…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament from Kirkuk, Mohammed Ali Naimi, said administrative approvals have been secured to release all outstanding education oversig…
