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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Provincial Council has taken up the file of regulating construction on agricultural lands in the capital, council head Ammar al-Hamadani said,…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — An elderly woman in Karbala distributes water to pilgrims in the area between the shrines of Imam Hussein and Abbas, a service she has performed for years…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has reiterated that it will not partner with an Iraqi government that includes armed groups within its structur…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — LONDON — A British court found a 35-year-old Iranian asylum seeker guilty of attempted rape after he followed a woman returning from a Christmas party for a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadhil issued a ministerial order on June 22, 2026, ending the assignment of the director of the Rusafa electricity d…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — A security officer assigned to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States has died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident near Gillette Stadium i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament said the country has shifted from being a drug transit country to a consumer market, framing narcotics as a serious secur…
Dhi QarDHI QAR, Iraq — A member of the Dhi Qar Provincial Council, Najm al-Ibrahimi, announced that a tender to convert a green area inside Dhi Qar University into an investment…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The Halk Cephesi Party, led by Lahur Sheikh Jangi, has asked Kurdistan Region and Iraqi judicial authorities to intervene directly in the Lalehzar ca…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falah al-Ali al-Zeydi received a delegation from the Al-Abbas Holy Shrine in Baghdad on Tuesday, his office said, reaffirming the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Riza Haidar al-Hasnawi has issued a ministerial order appointing Alaa Abdulhasan Ali Obeid to lead the General Ports Company on …
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — A fire triggered by an electrical fault gutted four shops owned by displaced families from the Sinjar district at the Mam Rashan camp in the Sheikhan area o…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Bar Association, Ahlam al-Lami, said funds uncovered in the investigation of former Oil Ministry deputy undersecretary Adnan Qumayli…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) branch in Kirkuk has reiterated its rejection of a session held at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad to determine the cit…
DivaniyeBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electricity Minister Ali Saadi has removed Meslem Hadi Bereysi from his post as head of the Diwaniya distribution branch of the Middle Euphrates Ge…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Trade has launched its sugar e-branch service across all food ration card outlets in the country, including the capital Baghdad, the mi…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — The head of Kirkuk's provincial council, Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hafez, said the governorate will be transferred to the Arab component by the end of the year u…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission said it has suspended "With Muna Sami," a program broadcast on Al-Ula Iraq Television, for 10 days and imposed …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya has become the first Arab club to have more than one of its players score at a FIFA World Cup, with Aymen Hussein finding the net…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's national football team left a handwritten message in the dressing room at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles after drawing 0-0 with Belgium in their secon…
