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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The governor of Iran's central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, traveled to Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit focused on economic and trade cooperation bet…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Salah al-Kasab, an Iraqi theatre director and academic recognized as a pioneer of the visual theatre movement, has died at the age of 81 following a long …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Trump administration established a secret communication channel with Iran's Revolutionary Guards to overcome difficulties in nuclear talks, and Kurdish …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A fire broke out on Thursday at the roof eaves of Fayaz Hospital in central Basra, prompting an evacuation of patients and medical staff, local authorities …
IraqNorwegian authorities have fined a man 50,000 Norwegian kroner for waking a sleeping polar bear on the Svalbard archipelago by sounding a ship's foghorn. The incident occ…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry has shut down 900 commercial buildings so far in 2026 for violating civil-defense regulations, an official said, as part of a cam…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Representatives is preparing to move three economic draft laws through the legislature, covering associated gas, solar energy and a firs…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Qi Card electronic payment system stopped functioning at state-owned fuel stations across Iraq on Thursday due to a technical fault, government source…
IraqEarth's capacity to reflect solar radiation has dropped measurably over the past two decades, with scientists linking the trend to reduced cloud cover and rising temperat…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission said searches at several residences of Khalid Ghazai Attia, an assistant undersecretary in the Ministry of Electricity…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission said anti-corruption investigators seized approximately 9 billion Iraqi dinars in cash and gold during raids on the re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of civil servants staged a protest outside the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Baghdad, demanding the reversal of a governm…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Seven people were arrested after an attack on private security guards at al-Fuzaili Hospital in Baghdad, security sources said. The incident began with a …
BaghdadDAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian authorities have warned residents living near the Euphrates River to avoid swimming in the water, citing rising levels and stronger currents in a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council president, Judge Faiq Zidan, traveled to Damascus for an official visit aimed at resolving the legal status of Syrian deta…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's Armed Forces Missing Persons Commission has asked Qatar to permit a delegation of Iranian Air Force experts to enter the country and inv…
MosulAL ANBAR, Iraq — Karma sports club has issued a formal response to allegations that it fielded six foreign players during a match against Mosul, saying one of the dispute…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices were unchanged in Baghdad's local markets on Wednesday while recording a slight increase in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, accord…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad-based economic monitor Ikko Iraq said the government's silence over a reported decision involving the Kurdistan Regional Administration has fu…
IraqIraq's Meteorological Authority said temperatures will climb across the country on Monday, with partly cloudy and hot conditions and some cloud cover in northern areas. T…
