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BaghdadKIRKUK, Iraq — Journalists and media professionals in Kirkuk warned that social media platforms and some media outlets are being used to violate personal privacy and defa…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces in the Kurdistan Region’s Kermian Administration and Iraq’s Babylon province carried out separate operations targeting drug possession and…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Premier League clubs have accelerated squad preparations for the 2026-27 season, announcing new signings and contract renewals during the summer tra…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Search teams have located the body of a 13-year-old girl from Karbala who drowned in a stream at a tourist area in the Kurdistan Region, but recovery effo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — US Special Presidential Envoy Tom Barrack has pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zidani to establish a clear timeline for consolidating weapons under state …
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Kataib Hezbollah's secretary-general, Abu Hussein al-Humaydawi, said in a written statement on Friday that the fighting has not ended and that a more dang…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, concluded its weekly meeting with a decision to strengt…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The South Korean Football Association has reported to FIFA that a drone spotted over its training session in Zapopan, Mexico, was intercepted by a Mexican…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee has proposed separating the air defense and air force budget from the Defense Ministry's g…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — The body of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be farewelled in Baghdad on July 8, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said, according to Ira…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament has called on the country’s media and communications regulator to require mobile operators to set monthly plan validity a…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — The Mosul district governor's office has launched an inspection campaign to bring the city's quarries into compliance with existing regulations, Governor Hi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hamdani, head of the Baghdad Provincial Council, met with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in the capital, according to a statement from al-Ham…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — The Nineveh Provincial Council approved on Tuesday a decision lifting the security clearance requirement for ID cardholders in the province, during its 59th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Wednesday ordered a reduction in administrative service fees charged by Iraq's General Company for Grain Trade,…
DivaniyeBAGHDAD, Iraq — The governor of Diwaniyah, Abbas Zamili, said all ongoing projects in the city have been brought to a halt because of a financial crisis, warning that the…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani hosted US Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack in Erbil, with US Deputy Chief of Mission Joshua Harris …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's state oil products distribution company released its sales figures for May 2026, reporting 1.061 billion liters of gasoline sold during the month. …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding ending hostilities between the two countries and re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's consul general in Iran's Kermanshah province, Saadoun al-Saadi, said his country is preparing special arrangements at border crossings to facilitat…
