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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament voted on Tuesday to remove Haydar Mekki from his post as head of the National Investment Commission. A brief statement issued by the par…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Seven people were detained in the Nahravan area in eastern Baghdad for burning medical waste and causing environmental pollution, the Baghdad Operations C…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has outlined the application requirements for admission to gifted middle schools and Baghdad College high schools in the capi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has opened the electronic application window for the Excellence Schools and Baghdad College high school programs for the 2026…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah on Wednesday to discuss bilateral …
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Commission on Integrity said on Monday that electrical materials worth 2 billion Iraqi dinars were stolen from a branch of the state Electricity Di…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities have opened legal proceedings against Jassim al-Awadi over social media posts that insulted Iraqis, officials and local media said. The …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A rift within Iraq's Shia political landscape has become more visible in recent weeks, with lawmaker Azza Shabandar saying Prime Minister Ali Zebidi has g…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump said U.S. strikes on Iran were carried out in retaliation for Tehran's attack on vessels a day earlier, warning that any repeat woul…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A commentary published this week argues that Iraq’s parliamentary opposition tradition, first shaped during the monarchy that ended with the 1958 revoluti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is considering the strict anti-corruption model pioneered by Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sud…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The body of Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was brought to central Karbala following an official ceremony, according to reports from the Iraqi c…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Governorate has declared a one-day public holiday for Thursday, suspending operations across all official government institutions. In a state…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Iraqi Premier League club Gaz al-Shimal, based in Kirkuk, announced on Wednesday evening that it has signed forward Ahmed Abdurrazzak, who served as captai…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbala, long regarded as one of Shia Islam's holiest cities for housing the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas, is also the burial place of about 17 …
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Police in Sulaymaniyah issued an arrest warrant for a man who cut down an approximately 300-year-old monumental tree in the Duhok district to obtain …
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — A planned funeral ceremony in Kerbela was delayed after large crowds of tribal members and citizens gathered along both sides of the Najaf-Kerbela road, s…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein left Baghdad on Wednesday for an official visit to Kuwait, marking his first formal diplomatic engagement since taking…
DuhokDOHUK, Iraq — A drone carrying ammunition and a cache of explosive devices were found in a village in northern Duhok province, the provincial governorate's Mine Affairs D…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein departed for Kuwait on Wednesday afternoon, making his first official visit to a Gulf countr…
