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.
IraqRussia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced that researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Moscow Regional Clinical Research I…
SaladinBALAD, Iraq — Fig harvesting has begun in the Balad district of Saladin province, where orchards along the Tigris River produce the fruit long associated with the region'…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The first book fair dedicated to Kurdish-language publications opened on Friday at the Aile AVM shopping center in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. Runni…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Equestrian Federation held an extraordinary general assembly in Baghdad with the participation of the legal representative of the Formation Coun…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's wheat production for the current season is forecast to exceed 3.5 million tons, said Saed Ibrahim, head of the Agricultural Economy and Planning…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces have arrested an Iranian national in connection with the killing of an Iraqi driver on the highway between Baghdad and Anbar provinc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Arshad al-Salihi, head of the Turkmen Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, has called for amendments to the Yezidi Survivors Law, saying the legislation does not…
AnbarRAMADI, Iraq — Security forces in Anbar province sealed off main roads in central Ramadi on Saturday after a parked vehicle raised suspicion in the Al-Adil neighborhood. …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hakim, head of Iraq's National State Forces Coalition, and Hadi al-Amiri, secretary general of the Badr Organization, met in Baghdad on Monday an…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Armed assailants opened fire with automatic weapons on four residential houses in the Benca Ali area of Kirkuk, causing material damage to the facades and …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has banned Saudi media figure Mohammed Al-Maleh from broadcasting on Iraqi television channels for 30 days, cit…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice has launched sewing and handicrafts training courses for 60 detainees at the central women's prison, the ministry said on Satur…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — More than 31,800 sixth-grade students across Nineveh province began sitting their second-semester final exams on Saturday, the provincial directorate of edu…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Intelligence Ministry said two French diplomats were detained on charges of meddling in the country's internal affairs. The ministry said a signatur…
IraqApple is preparing to launch the iPhone 18 Pro and a foldable iPhone Ultra in the fall of 2026, with the base iPhone 18 model reportedly pushed to early 2027, according t…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A tourist bus traveling from Baghdad to Duhok overturned near the Berari checkpoint on the administrative border between Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces …
IraqPARIS, France — TEHRAN — Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Saturday that two French diplomats had been detained as part of an investigation into an espionage and inter…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Culture, through its Tourism and Antiquities Authority, hosted a workshop in Baghdad to draft a national strategy for developing the co…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Massoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Abeudi in Baghdad on Monday to discuss securi…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces said they captured three ISIS members in separate preventive operations in Diyala and Anbar provinces on Thursday, and seized a cach…
