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.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Sulaymaniyah finished first in Iraq's Chess Championship, the annual Provincial Olympiad, ahead of Baghdad in second and Maysan in third, according to the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliament is set to read and vote on more than 100 draft laws during its upcoming legislative session, including long-pending measures on the Popu…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met on Monday with the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Iraq, Irfan Siddiq, in Erbil to discuss bilateral relatio…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The subdistrict administrator of Baghdadi in Anbar province has rejected social media claims linking the death of a 30-year-old woman to electricity short…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Azam Coalition leader Muthanna al-Samarrai met on Monday with Australian Ambassador to Iraq Glenn Miles in Baghdad to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Hundreds of farmers in Najaf began a sit-in outside the provincial council building on Wednesday to demand higher state purchase prices for their rice harve…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — A 42-year-old woman from the town of Wana, north of Mosul, has tested positive for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, bringing the number of confirmed cases i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi telephoned Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Monday, June 15, 2026, to thank him and Iraq's Foreign Ministry …
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Swiss voters are casting ballots on a constitutional amendment that would set a 10 million ceiling on the country's population. The referendum coincides wit…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Kirkuk International Airport will start direct flights to Dubai on June 21, 2026, the airport administration announced. The new route will operate three ti…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Security sources said the body of a young man who drowned in the Lesser Zab River was recovered on Saturday after a three-day search. River police and resc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Stock Exchange said shares traded on the bourse last week had a total value of more than 4 billion dinars. Of 103 listed companies, 57 saw shares…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Official data from the Kurdistan Regional Government shows eight religions and denominations are officially recognized in the region, alongside several ethn…
MaysanMAYSAN, Iraq — Security forces intervened on Wednesday against engineers staging a sit-in in front of the Maysan Oil Company building to demand jobs and appointments in I…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — US Special Envoy to Iraq Tom Barrack arrived in Baghdad on Monday and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to discuss bilateral partnership issues. …
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Police in Babylon province arrested two suspects caught in the act of attempting another theft of three-wheeled motorcycles known locally as "taktik," the p…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Police in Iraq's Babil province have arrested two members of a gang that used weapons to steal three-wheeled motorcycles known locally as tuk-tuks, accordin…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Pearl Petroleum is planning a $10.2 billion investment to develop the Khor Mor and Chemchemal gas fields in Iraq's Kurdistan Region between 2026 and 2035,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has postponed a French-language exam for third-intermediate students to Wednesday, June 17, after the originally scheduled Tu…
BaghdadAMMAN, Jordan — Iraq national team head coach Graham Arnold has described the country's 2026 FIFA World Cup group, which includes Norway, France and Senegal, as an "excit…
