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.
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Legal Committee and Security and Defense Committee are preparing to advance proposed amendments to the traffic law to a second readin…
IraqFormer Turkish actor Tolga Karel, known for playing "Uğur" in the television series "Yaprak Dökümü" (widely known as "Dönüşüm"), left acting roughly a decade ago and move…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Nearly 20 Iranian oil tankers are holding position off Sri Lanka's coast after a US naval blockade restricted ship movements into and out of Iranian ports,…
IraqREYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelandic voters will go to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to reopen accession talks with the European Union, amid a backdrop of growing glo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices held steady on Monday as investors awaited key US inflation data and assessed the Federal Reserve's interest rate path, following a three-mont…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oil prices fell by about 2% in Wednesday trading as Iran and Oman resumed talks on establishing a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz an…
BaghdadMOSUL, Iraq — The head of the Energy and Oil Committee in the Nineveh provincial council, Ahmed Abd Rabbo, has warned fuel station operators in Mosul that managers who fa…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anbar Province Police said on Saturday that officers detained a suspect accused of killing a citizen in the province. The arrest was carried out by the Ka…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission said a Baghdad-based journalist who appeared on a local television program criticizing the Popular Mobilization…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammed Kazem Ali Sadiq, following publications by some Iranian diplomatic missions cont…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Finance Minister Faleh al-Sari said public sector salaries are fully guaranteed and that there is no plan to issue payments every 45 days. He said the mon…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Air Force and Gaz al-Shimal drew 1-1 in Week 3 of the Iraq Stars League at Captain Sherar Haidar Stadium in Baghdad, with the match kicking off at 21:45 l…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian presidency is preparing two decrees under which Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the formally dissolved Syrian Democratic Forces, will be appoin…
IraqNASHVILLE, United States — Country music legend Dolly Parton died at age 80 in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for her soft voice, emotionally resonant songs and glittering s…
IraqBRUSSELS, Belgium — Belgium's food safety agency said at least 306 people have been infected with salmonella traced to a poultry farm in the country's northern Flanders r…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — New US sanctions targeting transactions with Iran’s designated sectors could expose countries, companies and financial institutions to secondary sanctions…
IraqBRUSSELS — The European Union is reviewing possible sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over his statements on Gaza, EU foreign policy sp…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has announced that Iraqi students who completed their first-term exams in Iraqi schools will take their second-term exams at …
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Police in Najaf have arrested a suspect who was wanted in more than 150 criminal cases, a security source with the Najaf Provincial Police Directorate said …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi archaeologist says the U.S. administration is examining the ancient Sumerian "Amargi" system as it searches for solutions to its public debt cris…
