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KarbalaThe Karbala Council voted to stop the use of traffic cameras operating across the city after reviewing how the system functions and the problems encountered during implem…
ErbilErbil's Traffic Directorate will begin fining drivers who throw rubbish from vehicles anywhere in the city, with penalties set at 40,000 Iraqi dinars for violations detec…
BaghdadFIFA President Gianni Infantino has formally invited Iraqi football official Adnan Dircal to the opening match of the 2026 World Cup, underscoring Dircal’s standing withi…
BaghdadIraq will soon begin announcing the final results for sixth-grade primary school students as education directorates prepare to publish the outcomes. The results are expec…
MosulMosul Municipality has begun removing officials’ photographs from streets and public spaces in line with official government directives, following instructions aimed at e…
BaghdadAl-Azim Alliance leader Muthana al-Sameri met with Iraqi Journalists Syndicate head Khalid Jasim in Baghdad to discuss the state of media and press work in Iraq and broad…
BaghdadIraqi Justice Minister Khalid Shwani met British Ambassador to Baghdad Ifran Siddiq to discuss the status of British ISIS members held in Iraq’s correctional facilities a…
KarbalaKarbala Provincial Council voted on Monday to end the operation of traffic cameras in the province, following a discussion of the system’s mechanism and shortcomings in i…
BasraTwo separate deaths in Basra on Monday evening left the city in mourning, after a police commissioner assigned to stadium security died by suicide at his post and a young…
NajafWater hyacinth buildup in the Saudi River in Mishhab district, Najaf, is threatening agricultural activity and the irrigation supply for more than 15,000 dunams of farmla…
ErbilKurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has signed decrees promoting 95 non-commissioned officers in the region’s Asayish forces and granting non-commissioned office…
Dhi QarAhmed Gani al-Hafaci, head of the Health and Environment Committee in the Dhi Qar Provincial Council, has called on the central government for urgent assistance as hemorr…
SulaymaniyahDokan Dam in Sulaymaniyah is expected to reach full capacity for the third time in its history within the next 10 days, raising expectations of a major holiday influx dur…
BaghdadTransfermarkt has listed the Iraq national team’s most valuable players as the squad continues preparations for the 2026 World Cup. Ahmed Kasım tops the ranking at 3.5 mi…
BaghdadIraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi has called on Prime Minister Ali Fayyad Zidi to submit a draft law on state employee and public sector salaries to parliamen…
BaghdadHundreds of citizens applying to buy apartments in the Besmaya housing complex, southeast of Baghdad, have complained about delays in the Investment Authority’s allocatio…
KirkukWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pace of Ebola’s spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has now exceeded …
BaghdadBaghdad has removed 1,236 environmental violations in operations launched to combat pollution, while officials said air quality has improved by up to 50%. The campaign co…
BaghdadThe US dollar moved in opposite directions in Iraq’s Baghdad and Erbil markets on Monday, falling slightly in the capital while rising in the Kurdistan Region’s center. T…
ErbilErbil Traffic Police stopped a Baghdad-plated vehicle and found it carried traffic fines totaling 80 million 235 thousand dinars. The car was taken into custody because o…
