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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's U19 futsal national team is holding an internal training camp in Baghdad to prepare for upcoming competitions. Sessions are led by the coaching sta…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — A government commission appointed by Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi has begun work in Kirkuk to address problems in the local wheat market, the provinc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi novelist Samira al-Munin has died at the age of 91, according to reports of her death published in Iraqi cultural outlets this week. She was born in…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate of Customs has begun a staff rotation program and taken delivery of sonar devices in line with directives from Prime Minister a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's youth unemployment rate has reached between 28% and 32%, among the highest in the region, despite the country's large oil revenues and broad fiscal…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A fresco uncovered during restoration work at a historic church in Rome has drawn public attention after observers said the angel figure in the artwork rese…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire that broke out Friday evening in wheat fields in the village of Alakane, in Nineveh province’s Rabia district, was brought under control by civil d…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry said drilling began on Saturday on a new exploration well in the Amirli district of Salahaddin province, the first petroleum drilling …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Eleven tankers carrying a combined 20 million barrels of Iranian oil departed from Chabahar Port this week, Bloomberg reported. The agency provided figures …
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Residents of Mosul's Al-Muthanna Second district held a protest on Friday calling for the lifting of a construction ban on their land plots, saying the re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Reconstruction and Development Coalition, aligned with former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, issued a written statement rejecting claims tha…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad have concluded that a university student who reported being kidnapped on his way to an exam fabricated the story, the Rusafa Police Comm…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi is reportedly preparing a comprehensive list of personnel changes affecting more than 100 senior officials …
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A former landfill near the Heciye River in Baquba, the capital of Diyala province east of Baghdad, has been converted into a multi-purpose sports facility …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — River police in Nineveh province recovered the body of a young man from the Tigris River bed in eastern Mosul, a police source said. The body was located ne…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Ports Commission has reached an agreement for forces affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to withdraw from checkpoints and …
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — FIFA has appointed Canadian referee Drew Fischer to officiate the Iraq-France group-stage match at the 2026 World Cup, the federation announced. The fixtu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological and Seismological Organization has begun publishing a weekly climate map that compares current temperatures with historical averages…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Iraq's national football team is continuing preparations at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia for its 2026 World Cup Group F match against France, sc…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed new details about the 2020 killing of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, saying Israel withdrew from …
