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.
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A man in his twenties drowned after his boat capsized while fishing at a water facility in Leylan, east of Kirkuk, a security source said. The source ident…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Questions over whether Wednesday will be declared a public holiday in Iraq have circulated among workers and residents as the body of Iran's Supreme Leader …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Turkey and Iraq opened high-level talks in Ankara days before the expiry of their 1973 Kirkuk–Ceyhan crude pipeline agreement, with Turkey seeking a new f…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zaidani met privately with the heads of four security agencies two weeks before launching a covert arrest operation in Baghdad in…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid left Baghdad on Friday and traveled to Iran to attend the funeral and farewell ceremony for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Federation held a broad meeting at the Star League headquarters in Baghdad under President Younes Mahmoud, with Vice Presidents Sarmad …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Agriculture and Water Committee said the country's water crisis remains strategic even as recent rainfall has offered partial relief.…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — A video circulating on social media that purports to show a whale in a waterway in the Ishaki subdistrict of Saladin province was generated using artifici…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Khanaqin district governor Jawad Faydullah has given private electricity generator owners one hour to resume operations, warning that non-compliant generat…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Nineveh province investigation into corruption has led to the detention of former Mosul mayor Abdulsattar al-Habbu and a former director of the city's i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is navigating overlapping migration flows driven by returning expatriates, internal displacement and climate-linked movement, a deputy migration mini…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the New Generation Movement signed a political agreement called "Balance and Prosperity," a step that could resha…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dicle Sports Club claimed the men's, women's and mixed doubles titles at the Iraqi Badminton Cup, held from June 30 to July 2 at Dicle University College …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry announced that the number of vehicles fitted with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) systems in Baghdad and other cities has surpassed 95,0…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission has barred political analyst Bashar Haqim from all media appearances across local and foreign outlets for one y…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 8 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil remain stranded on tankers, according to data from Iraq's Ministry of Trade, with officials placing the val…
BabilThe London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia carried out a coordinated campaign targeting nuclear facilities across Europe, launching drones…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — An explosion at a café near the Palace of Justice on Nasr Street in central Damascus killed four people and wounded 11, Syria's Director of Emergency Re…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government clarified on Saturday that a Cabinet decision to provide free kerosene to private electricity generators does not apply to…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Mosul municipality is prepared to begin issuing building permits on land covered by construction bans under the city's master plan once it receives formal…
