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ErbilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Trade Ministry plans to export surplus wheat to foreign markets, Trade Minister Mustafa Nizar al-Ani said on Friday, citing higher domestic product…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team has opened its final training camp before the 2026 FIFA World Cup at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Vi…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — In the narrow alleys leading to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf's Grand Bazaar, tailors working in workshops of just two to three square meters continue hand-s…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Mohammed al-Biyati said the country’s vehicle count has reached roughly 6 to 7 million, a level he said has exceeded the capacity of main r…
BaghdadSULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Unidentified human remains have been recovered from a mass grave in the Sulaymaniyah area of Iraq's Saladin province, where air force cadets killed b…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — France captain Kylian Mbappe has drawn attention to the unresolved question of who holds the Africa Cup of Nations title, days before his side faces Senegal…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said authorities have recovered the remains of 1,250 Shiite soldiers killed by ISIS in 2014, with the bones to be handed…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Authorities in Babylon province have launched random drug tests at cafes and other public spaces, using rapid screening devices that produce results in ab…
SaladinTIKRIT, Iraq — A 12th-anniversary commemoration began Tuesday in Saladin province for the military cadets killed in a 2014 Islamic State (ISIS) attack, with families of t…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Canada faces Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday at Toronto Stadium in the teams' first-ever World Cup meeting, kicking off the host nation's campaign in Gro…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Nearly a month after Iraq's parliament granted confidence to Prime Minister Ali Fallah al-Zaidi and 14 of his ministers, nine cabinet portfolios remain va…
BasraDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is routing some of its trade through Iraq to bypass disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz and the UAE's Jebel Ali corridor caused by a U.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Karkh Criminal Court has sentenced Khalid Abdulwahid Kabian, a former sports adviser to the prime minister, to one year in simple imprisonment o…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Mohammed Biyati said uncertainty continues to surround the shape of the country's 2026 budget, with no clear decision on whether the govern…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team fell 2-0 to Venezuela in a friendly match played in Illinois on Saturday. Cristian Cásseres Jr. opened the scoring in the 17…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education said exam papers and forms seized at Baghdad International Airport do not belong to the 2025–2026 central exams, following a …
MüsennaBAGHDAD, Iraq — An anti-corruption court in Iraq's Maysan province has issued arrest warrants against the head of the provincial electricity department and several staff …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's first World Cup appearance since the 1986 tournament in Mexico has drawn large crowds to cafes and restaurants across Baghdad, where fans have gath…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has launched a new air corridor connecting Turkish and Saudi Arabian airspace through a short transit across Syrian airspace, according to a Baghdad-…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Three children were rescued after becoming stuck on a malfunctioning ride at an amusement park in Baghdad's Karkh side on Thursday evening, the capital's …
