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.
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…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A pedestrian bridge collapsed in the city of Basra on Saturday, causing material damage in the surrounding area, according to local officials. No casualties…
BabilWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has brought Austria and Greece into diplomatic efforts to break the stalemate in nuclear talks with Iran, The W…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — SAO PAULO — Brazilian biscuit and related-product exports to the Middle East rose sharply in the first half of 2026, according to data from the Brazilian …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — A passenger bus overturned on the Mosul-Baghdad highway in Nineveh province on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 20, according to initial reports…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A bodybuilding and fitness championship kicked off in Kirkuk on Saturday under the auspices of the Iraqi National Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation and t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry said on Friday it signed an agreement with Japan's JGC Corporation to officially resume construction and operations on a major fluid c…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran has announced its intention to strike Israel and has suspended negotiations with …
IraqPHOENIX, Ariz. — Two American Airlines aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were assigned the same flight number, 2482, prompting an air traffic controlle…
IraqJAKARTA, Indonesia — Butnri Andriyani Cevicka, who held the Miss Grand Indonesia title in 2025, has died at age 25, the pageant's organizers confirmed. The cause of death…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government has launched a comprehensive review of the performance of state-owned banks, with management changes among the options under consider…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, compared the country's confrontation with the United States to t…
IraqSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is preparing to end centuries of dog meat consumption, with a nationwide ban on the trade and consumption of dog meat set to take effect …
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil Defense teams extinguished two separate fires in Baghdad and Karbala on the same day, with no casualties reported in either incident, authorities sa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The US dollar gained ground against the Iraqi dinar in Saturday morning trading in Baghdad, according to data from currency exchange offices in the capita…
IraqMissiles and drones launched by Iran during the "Vaad es-Sadiq 4" operation struck the U.S. 5th Fleet's main logistics hub in Bahrain, causing heavy damage and disrupting…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices rose slightly in Baghdad on Saturday morning while holding steady in Erbil, according to local market data. On Nehr Street wholesale market, t…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management warned residents of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor on Friday that water released from the Qaddura Dam on th…
