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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kuwait's Al Jazeera Airways has resumed flights to Iraqi airspace after roughly a 100-day suspension, the airline said in a statement on its official chan…
KarbalaHALABJA, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Halabja are searching for a child from Karbala who was swept away by floodwaters in the Zalm River, a spokesperson said on the thir…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — A chair used by Pope Francis during an interfaith prayer at the ancient city of Ur has not reached the archaeology museum in Dhi Qar province more than fi…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Three people were wounded on Thursday evening in an armed tribal clash in the al-Sharif area west of Nasiriya, the capital of Iraq's southern Dhi Qar prov…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Two bomb-laden drones struck a grain depot in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, on June 11, 2026, at approximately 1:42 p.m. local time, according…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Civil defense authorities in Sulaymaniyah recorded 147 fires within the city limits in May, leaving three people dead and 35 injured, with material d…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — beIN Sports will air the 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony on its free-to-air channel beIN SPORTS HD and on beIN Haber, allowing viewers across the Ara…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falah al-Zaydi met on Wednesday in Baghdad with a delegation from the al-Kadhimiya shrine, led by the shrine's secretary general,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali Fallah al-Ali al-Zeydi has launched a broad price inspection campaign targeting local markets in the capital, the Prime Minister's Pres…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi football clubs are moving forward with their transfer preparations ahead of the new season, with several teams announcing player and coaching deals.…
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — Residents of Basra have reported an ongoing fuel supply crisis at state-run and private petrol stations, with long vehicle queues and waits of several hours…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to life in prison after convicting him of drug trafficking in Baghdad, the court's media office said. …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces arrested a suspect described as "dangerous" during a joint intelligence operation in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the Baghdad Operat…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Baghdad criminal court has sentenced a member of ISIS to life in prison for using social media to spread the group's news and promote its ideology. The …
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Footage circulating on Iraqi social media shows special security forces and Integrity Commission teams uncovering a safe hidden under a bed during a searc…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Education said final exams for the 2024-2025 academic year have begun, with 117,142 students taking the tests across scie…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Mosul investigative court has converted the detention order against social media content creator "Abu Janna" into release on financial bail after roughl…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture said 152 cases of hemorrhagic fever and 9 deaths have been recorded across the country since the beginning of the year, wit…
Dhi QarNASIRIYAH, Iraq — A girl was seriously wounded by a stray bullet during a gunfight at a five-a-side football pitch in the Al-Gharaf district, north of Dhi Qar province, I…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A fire broke out in a wheat field in the village of Kabzua, in the Hawijah district southwest of Kirkuk, burning roughly 10 dunums of cultivated land befor…
