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.
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump announced that a "great deal" with Iran has been completed and that the Strait of Hormuz has been reo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's total revenues reached 31.163 trillion dinar through the end of April 2026, while expenditures hit 37.835 trillion dinar, according to federal budg…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications Minister Mustafa al-Saddawi has proposed raising fixed broadband internet speeds by 20% while keeping subscription prices unchanged,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has published new rules governing student admissions, transfers and guest enrollments for the 2026-2027 academic year, issued…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Investment Commission outlined the legal steps surrounding customs exemption applications for the "Moul El-Irak" project underway in the c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Salah Mahdi, head of the Diyala office of Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights, said family and academic pressure on students during exam periods can h…
VasitWASIT, Iraq — Governor Ali Hasan Sulayman announced the formation of a high-level investigation committee to examine the handling of a peaceful protest by farmers in the …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq is facing its most severe electricity crisis of the summer, with the gap between supply and demand reaching about 40,000 megawatts, according to Mini…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Trade said on Saturday that more than 3.19 million tonnes of wheat have been procured from local farmers this season. Haydar al-Karawi,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kurdish analyst Aryan Ibrahim Shewkat has argued that negotiators representing Kurdish forces in 1991 talks with Saddam Hussein’s government in Baghdad fa…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Transport and Communications said internet, SMS and multimedia messaging services will be temporarily suspended on exam d…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government has declared Tuesday a public holiday across all official institutions to mark the start of the Islamic Hijri calendar. Th…
BabilMOSUL, Iraq — BABIL/MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi Civil Defense divers recovered the body of a child born in 2012 from a water canal in the Verdiya area of Babil province, a securi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad and Erbil have been placed among the world's top 1,000 cities in a global startup ecosystem ranking published by Startup Blink for 2026, though Ir…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Land Registry Directorate said forged property transactions uncovered in the Amiriyah district of Baghdad were carried out between 2013 and 2016 by…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Private Sector Development Council and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) convened a joint workshop in Baghdad focused on the to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two people were arrested in the Rusafa side of the capital after being caught riding a motorcycle while in possession of narcotics, the Baghdad Police Dir…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The World Bank forecast Iraq's economy will contract by 2.2% in 2026, with the contraction deepening sharply to 8.9% in 2027, according to the bank'…
MaysanMAYSAN, Iraq — A light earthquake was felt across Maysan province on Saturday morning, with the tremor recorded near the border region of Dehloran on Iranian territory, s…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — A 30-year-old female doctor died during an eye operation at a private hospital in Mosul, according to a medical source at the Nineveh Provincial Health Dire…
