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IraqGold held near a two-month high on Thursday after U.S. annual inflation eased to 3.4% in July, reducing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate increase in September. Spot…
IraqCrude oil prices fell by more than a dollar a barrel on Tuesday after leading forecasters cut their estimates for global demand growth. Brent crude dropped 1.5% to $87.69…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ali Falih al-Zaydi inspected the Air Defense Command operations center overnight Wednesday, revi…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary immunity committee said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Ali Ziyadi's anti-corruption campaign has political, public and ju…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice said a limited number of inmates serving sentences for drug offenses staged a riot at Hilla Islah Reform Prison south of Baghda…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — An investigative committee of the Iraqi parliament has summoned senior security and military officials to examine why headquarters belonging to the Popula…
IraqBOGOTA, Colombia — The death toll from a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10 has risen to 241, the country's Asocapitales association said in a sta…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Interior has opened applications for the 73rd class of the First Police College in Baghdad, with admissions limited to male candidates,…
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…
