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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…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai has opened a permanent women-only beach in the Al Mamzar area, designed to provide visitors with a private and secure environment away…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Asian equities traded sideways on Wednesday as concerns over a possible new US-Iran military confrontation eased, pulling oil prices lower. In…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — At least three Indian refiners and several large global energy companies are steering clear of tankers placed on a new Iranian blacklist over Strait of Hor…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Communication and Media Commission has launched a mobile application, CMC Speed Test, that allows users to measure the quality of mobile and intern…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission has launched CMC Speed Test, a digital platform that measures the quality of internet and communication service…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Sunni Endowments Diwan announced a criminal complaint on Wednesday against cleric Fadik Musawi, accusing him of insulting and slandering the Prophe…
IraqIsraeli intelligence uncovered an alleged Iranian-linked plot to assassinate Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and ordered him to leave Fl…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk announced that surgeons successfully removed a congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation from the lower lobe of the righ…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar ended Wednesday's trading session lower against the Iraqi dinar in both the Baghdad and Erbil foreign exchange markets. At local exchange …
IraqMenlo Park-based Meta has agreed to pay approximately $18 billion over 10 years to settle a lawsuit filed by several US states over youth online safety, according to the …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — A Johns Hopkins University energy security professor and former US National Defense University faculty member, Paul Sullivan, said Washington …
MüsennaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Commission on Integrity said several officials at the Maysan Provincial Health Department have been detained over alleged irregularities in a renov…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Oil Ministry said private generator owners are not subject to any tax. Ministry spokesman Salim al-Rikabi said all fuel quotas allocated to private…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said he was hopeful that practical arrangements could be reached on a temporary corridor in the Strait of Hormuz a…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Meteorological Authority said rain is expected in the northern region over the weekend, with weather conditions varying across the country …
IraqHAMBURG, Germany — A Ferris wheel at the Sommer Dome fair in Hamburg stopped operating late Tuesday due to a technical fault, leaving 23 people stranded at roughly 30 met…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Election affairs expert Dareed Tawfiq has criticized Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's proposal to make Iraq's national identity card the basis fo…
IraqResearchers said the widely held belief that adults need eight hours of sleep is not an absolute standard, with sleep quality, regularity and timing potentially more infl…
