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.
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Dozens of truck and cargo drivers staged a protest Thursday in the Wahda neighborhood of Mosul against restrictions on fuel distribution, saying the 300 lit…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Criminal Court has sentenced a drug trafficker to death by hanging after convicting him of narcotics trafficking, according to security sources. T…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Football Federation has issued its player registration regulations for the 2026-2027 season, setting new limits on foreign players and registrati…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani issued written instructions on June 18, 2026, ordering relevant public institutions to tighten security me…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Shiite Coordination Framework has handed Prime Minister Ali Zaidi the authority to nominate candidates for several disputed ministries, including D…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Silos affiliated with Iraq's Ministry of Trade have taken delivery of approximately 250,000 tonnes of wheat from farmers across Kirkuk this season, the hea…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw said Thursday that relations between Iraqi cities should be strengthened, as he hosted Baghdad Governor Atwan al-Atwani for tal…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Border Crossings Authority, Lt. Gen. Omar Adnan al-Waili, met with a delegation of lawmakers at the agency's headquarters to brief them…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two young men were killed in separate incidents in southern Iraq, security sources said. In the eastern part of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar province…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A large oil tanker has begun unloading its cargo of imported gasoline at the Khor al-Zubair port in Basra, according to an official with Iraq's General Comp…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices fell across Iraq's main wholesale and retail markets on Thursday, with the move coinciding with a slight pullback in the U.S. dollar against t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 20-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after shooting herself with her husband's firearm during a family dispute in the al-Shu'la neig…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 22-year-old woman was seriously wounded after shooting herself with her husband's weapon following an argument in Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood, an Iraq…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A special ceremony was held Thursday in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to observe the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, the f…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council released marriage and divorce statistics for May 2026, reporting 29,419 marriage contracts and 5,829 divorce rulings regist…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq registered 30,000 marriage contracts in May, while more than 5,800 divorce cases were recorded during the same period, according to official data. Th…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team will take on France on Thursday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in their second group-stage match of the 2026 Wor…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The second round of group-stage matches at the 2026 World Cup gets underway on Thursday with four fixtures across Groups A and B. The tournament, hosted a…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — The funeral of a young girl named Rukayya, who died in Iraq's Halabja, departed from the city on Saturday en route to Karbala, where she was later buried,…
BaghdadWASHINGTON, United States — Rising tensions between Iran and the United States, the possibility of a Strait of Hormuz closure and rising oil prices have moved the center …
