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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq striker Aymen Hussein could miss Iraq's final Group I match against Senegal after picking up a hamstring injury during his team's game against France…
BaghdadKARBALA, Iraq — The Imam Hussein Shrine issued a written statement after videos circulated on social media showing an attack targeting Indian visitors in Karbala. The shr…
AnbarDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's central bank governor, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said the $12 billion released under an agreement with the United States can be spent on ba…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The World Health Organization has confirmed that no hantavirus infection cases have been recorded in Iraq, according to a statement from the organization'…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Finance and Economy released a comprehensive review on Tuesday evening documenting the region's financial ma…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — HOUSTON — Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score at six different FIFA World Cup finals, finding the net against Uzbekistan in Houston. The 41…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Construction of an Olympic Stadium in Kirkuk, begun years ago, has yet to be completed because of administrative, legal and financial obstacles, and athlet…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said the electronic form for university transfer and guest student applications will go live o…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Portugal defeated Uzbekistan 5-0 in a World Cup preparatory match played in Houston on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the sixth minute …
MüsennaSAMAWA, Iraq — Worshippers gathered in the streets and squares of Samawa on the seventh day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, to hold mourning p…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Nineveh brought a large fire that broke out across harvested farmland in and around the northern Mosul district of Talkayf under co…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Health has issued a ministerial order restructuring the leadership of Kimadia, the state company responsible for marketing medicines an…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Azam Coalition leader Mussanna Sameri met with several youth formations of his coalition in Baghdad to discuss ways to strengthen young people's role in d…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — LONDON — The International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced the launch of an operation to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Gaz e-Shimal Club, based in Kirkuk, has signed Syrian head coach Raefat Mohammed and his assistant staff for the new season of the Iraqi Stars League, the …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar branch of the Iraqi Contractors Union called on the Finance Ministry on Tuesday to release funds held in an account established for reconstructi…
ErbilCAIRO, Egypt — CAIRO — Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, on Tuesday received Kurdistan Region Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Beshti…
BabilHezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said a project aimed at eliminating the group militarily, politically, culturally and socially has failed, according to rem…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Rashid Bank said on Tuesday it has enrolled more than 155,000 retirees in its "Aksat" installment service, expanding a program previously limited t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday that a US federal court issued a final and binding ruling in favor of Iraq, preserving $53 million in fund…
