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.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Governorate said work on the remaining sections of the Baghdad-Mosul entry road development project has been suspended because of insufficient…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, said in a statement on Tuesday that anyone who consented to, cooperated in, or remained silent about t…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — A foundation focused on community development held an awareness panel in Sulaymaniyah on Tuesday to address the dangers of drug use and ways to preve…
BaghdadMANAMA, Bahrain — Foreign ministers from the United States and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) expressed support for the Iraqi government's efforts to bring weapons un…
KarbalaANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the tragedy of Karbala endures in collective memory and that love for the Ahl al-Bayt, the family of the Prophet Muha…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Husseini procession known as the "October Martyrs" in Iraq's Dhi Qar province said it has cancelled its Ashura procession this year, citing concerns ove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council President Judge Faiq Zidan met with Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation President Pasquale D'Ascola in Baghdad to discuss j…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — MOSCOW — Russia has declared Romania's consul general in St. Petersburg persona non grata and set a deadline for him to leave, the Russian Foreign Ministry …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A former member of Iraq's parliamentary Agriculture and Water Committee, Tair Cuburi, has warned that climate change is intensifying across the country, w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A U.S.-based Long War Journal report says the Kurdistan Regional Government has faced hundreds of drone attacks in recent months and has asked the federal…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington firmly opposes any fees or taxes imposed on ships transiting the Strait of Horm…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Morocco finished second in Group C of the 2026 World Cup with seven points after drawing Brazil 1-1 and beating Scotland 1-0 and Haiti 4-2, becoming the f…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — One person was killed and two others were injured in an armed clash on Wednesday in Wasit province, southern Iraq. Security sources said the confrontation…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's government has effectively abandoned efforts to draft a 2026 federal budget and is now concentrating on the 2027 spending plan, a member of parliam…
SaladinKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Iraqi national Muay Thai team member Mustafa al-Tikriti claimed the 81 kg gold medal at the 2026 World Muay Thai Championship held in the Malaysi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi health specialist has warned that counterfeit and smuggled medicines continue to pose a serious threat to public health, calling for stronger ove…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A lawmaker with the Coordination Framework said reports that Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi's cabinet would be expanded to include new ministries of tourism …
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications Minister Mustafa Sind told a press conference that Adnan Jamili, a former deputy oil minister known in political circles as the "oil…
AnbarRAMADI, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Anbar province extinguished a fire that broke out on a moving fuel tanker on a commercial street in central Ramadi on Thursday, the …
AnbarMANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Bahraini capital on the final stop of a Gulf tour that also included the United Arab Emirates and Kuw…
