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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…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A large-scale detention campaign titled "Operation Dawn," launched to combat corruption in Baghdad, has caused tension within the Coordination Framework t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament from Karbala, Hamed Abbas al-Musavi, said on July 4, 2026, that the Karbala Provincial Council has rejected the appointment …
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Morocco advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Canada in the round of 16. After a goalless first half, Eziddin Onahi …
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Supreme Islamic Council, Hammam Hammami, said Iraqis will not leave their allies alone, expressing continued solidarity with Iran's lea…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Interior Minister Mustafa Sunn said two suspects wanted in the "refinery contracts" case fled to France carrying roughly half a billion US dollars, …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Three warplanes bombed positions believed to belong to ISIS in a border area between Kirkuk and Erbil, near the Altun Kupri district south of Kirkuk, a sec…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Corruption in Iraq has evolved into a parallel system affecting the relationship between the state and society. Iraq consistently ranks low on Transparenc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Social Protection Authority under the Ministry of Labour said preparations for food parcels covering roughly 7 million social assistance beneficiar…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights has told the Prime Minister's Office that a group of Iraqi women, many of them originally from Basra, have been le…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources has authorized gasoline imports to address a supply shortfall and curb rising fuel prices …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Petroleum Products Organization has dismissed reports that kerosene distributed free of charge to households for use in generators is of poor quali…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi military intelligence said security forces arrested a drug dealer in possession of 14,000 Captagon pills during an operation in the capital, Baghdad…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid said there is an opportunity to build a regional security framework covering neighboring states, with Iraq positioned t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Finance and Economy has rejected media reports that its delegation asked Baghdad to postpone the disbursement of June s…
SaladinSALAHADDIN, Iraq — River police in Saladin province recovered the body of a child who drowned in the Tigris River after hours of search operations, a source with the Sala…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad municipality is pressing ahead with strategic projects to expand the city's wastewater treatment capacity, the municipality's general secretary, A…
