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.
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister for Extraction Affairs, Nasser Aziz, said on Sunday that returning southern oil fields to pre-Gulf crisis production levels and…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Mourning processions were held across central Karbala and around shrines this week to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein during the Islamic month o…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Sports Club interim administration canceled its election congress on Saturday after no administrative board could be formed, the interim board…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Interior Minister Reber Ahmed said Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is "very firm" on the issue of oil companies' operations, and that the Er…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Authorities in Karbala have declared Thursday a public holiday across official institutions to mark the 9th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islami…
BaghdadPARIS, France — France's meteorological agency has issued its highest-level red heat alert for 35 departments across the central and western parts of the country, effecti…
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq’s Shiite National Movement, said on Saturday that attempts to portray Imam Hussein as a rebel against the ruling Yazid ibn M…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Paralympic Committee said national para-fencer Abdulrahman Ziyad Nizar won a silver medal at the international "Satellite" Classification Tournamen…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A 1,500-year-old church in the western desert of Karbala's Ayn al-Tamr district is awaiting restoration, Iraqi officials said, describing the site as one …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Strategic Center for Human Rights, based in Baghdad, said on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that Iraq is among th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that it has released the financing needed to pay public-sector employees' salaries for the current month. T…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Directorate has taken over the management of external control points and transit routes connecting Mosul to other cities, according…
BaghdadTUZKHURMATU, Iraq — A large fire broke out Saturday evening in an open area near a power plant in Tuzhurmatu district in eastern Saladin province, according to local sour…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi and US Presidential Special Envoy Tom Barrack signed a broad strategic agreement in mid-June 2026 aim…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The annual Summer Fair opened in Erbil on Tuesday, drawing 125 companies, including 50 firms from Egypt and other Arab countries alongside local businesses …
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Ghalib Mohammed Ali called on Saturday on the federal government and the Federal Commission of Integrity to open an urgent and official inv…
MüsennaERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Greens Party has launched an environmental initiative calling on political parties and civil society organizations in the Kurdistan Region to …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces arrested a man within 24 hours after he fatally shot his neighbor and wounded his father in a dispute over a water hose in central Basra, a …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament opened fire on workers carrying out renovation work at the Hisna Mosque in the central Baghdad district of Kharkh on Tuesday…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi parliament member Muhtar al-Musavi said he has formally submitted to Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi's government a proposal to make Tel Afar, a distric…
