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MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Paul III Nuna, said reconstruction efforts in the Nineveh Plain have not secured the full return of Christi…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Acting Minister of Natural Resources, Kamal Mohammed Salih, said the region is open to negotiations with Iraq’s federal …
IraqNEW YORK — Two US media organizations have filed suit in New York against President Donald Trump over a fee-based early-access feature on his social media platform, Truth…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament prevented her daughter from boarding a flight to Istanbul at Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday evening, according t…
IraqTAN-TAN, Morocco — U.S. Africa Command said American and Moroccan forces carried out their first live-ammunition test at a newly established military range in North Afric…
MüsennaSyria's export strategy is moving away from raw materials toward value-added goods, according to Khaled Heder, director general of the Syrian Agency for Supporting and De…
IraqThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged 11 people in connection with a marriage fraud network that helped Chinese citizens obtain permanent residency in the United Sta…
IraqA total solar eclipse crossed a wide stretch of the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, briefly turning daylight into darkness in parts of Spain, France and Iceland. The mo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s General Customs Authority said customs teams at Baghdad International Airport transferred 13,297 packets of smuggled cigarettes to the Central Regi…
Dhi QarDHI QAR, Iraq — Residents of Tatar district blocked roads with burning tires to protest the transfer of their electricity allocation to the neighboring Kered district. Th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has published the timetable for entrance examinations for gifted middle schools and Baghdad College High School, according to…
IraqSpain experienced a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, the first in nearly a century across parts of the country. The moon passed directly in front of the sun, turning day…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Air Defense defeated Zakho 86-76 on the road in Game 2 of the Iraqi Basketball Premier League final, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five championship seri…
IraqADEN, Yemen — Rashad al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, said there is no prospect for a new ceasefire with the Houthi movement and that his go…
IraqU.S. commercial crude oil inventories rose by roughly 17.4 million barrels during the week ending August 7 to 424.4 million barrels, the highest level since June 5, accor…
IraqAmerican journalist Tucker Carlson said the United States is effectively bankrupt, arguing that federal debt has surpassed the country's total assets. He described the de…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The Asian Football Confederation on Wednesday announced the seeding pots for the 2026-27 AFC Champions League Two, confirming the clubs that have qu…
IraqGENEVA — The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to become the deadliest in recorded history. WHO…
IraqYouTube announced it will raise the eligibility thresholds for its Partner Program beginning Feb. 1, 2027. Under the new rules, creators must meet three benchmarks to joi…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has revoked more than 600 visas held by foreign nationals suspected of using tourist visas to give birt…
