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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ali Falih al-Ziyadi approved a list of military officer promotions during a visit to the M…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said the funeral convoy for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will pass through the holy city of Karbala on Wed…
BaghdadDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's Energy Ministry has published the technical details of a memorandum signed with Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources one week ago, outlining coope…
BabilBABYL, Iraq — Official institutions in the southern Iraqi city of Babyl declared Wednesday and Thursday public holidays to receive the remains of Iranian Supreme Leader A…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Customs Authority has begun accepting reports, complaints and information from the public about operations at customs centers and border cr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity has recommended creating a joint security and service cell to regulate electricity distribution by private generato…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Provincial Directorate of Police said on Sunday that Khurshid Latif Harki, a leader of the Harki tribe, and his brother Haidar Latif were detained in …
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Twelfth-grade students gathered in front of the Sulaymaniyah Directorate of Education on Monday to protest the Arabic-language questions in the minis…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, has called on authorities to sustain the country's anti-corruption campaign and turn it…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Residents of a housing complex operated by Nûzad Company in the Sarce neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah held a protest on Sunday over recurring summer wat…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A private generator operator in Baghdad's Dawra neighborhood has been demanding 20,000 dinars per ampere, double the official rate of 10,000 dinars set by…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — TEHRAN — Iran's Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran supports the "resistance front" with missiles whe…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — OPEC+ has approved in principle an additional production increase of 188,000 barrels per day for August, ahead of the alliance's formal meeting on Sunday,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Green Observatory said on July 5, 2026, that the number of days above 50°C in the country has risen by roughly 800% over the past 15 years. Before …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry said a five-year contract for the integrated management of the Bin Umayr and Sindibad oil fields was signed on Tuesday in Baghdad betw…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Provincial Police Directorate said two brothers from the Hırki tribe, Hurşid Latif and Haydar Latif, were taken into custody on charges of murder, inc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Provincial Council has launched a wide-ranging inspection of private and public electricity generators to verify compliance with the official …
ErbilTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani traveled to Tehran at the official invitation of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, where he a…
MüsennaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Missan Governor Mihindh al-Atabi declared Wednesday, July 8, 2026, an official holiday across the province, the governorate announced. The decision was is…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi, approved authorizing the Ministry of Electricity to sign a production and transmission ag…
