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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Finance Minister Atfiyya al-Hakim said financial pressures have caused delays in public sector salaries and in payments owed to farmers and contrac…
BabilGold prices traded sideways on Thursday near their lowest level in six months, with investors waiting for the U.S. Producer Price Index report and fresh signals on the Fe…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi lawmaker has formally asked the Ministry of Education to investigate the discovery of leaked high school exam papers at Baghdad International Air…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian media reported explosions in several southern regions and clashes with United States forces on Thursday. The Mehr News Agency stated that engagemen…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday that it disabled the Guinea-Bissau-flagged oil tanker "Gulfir" in the Gulf of Oman, accusing the vessel of atte…
Dhi QarNASIRIYAH, Iraq — Security forces have arrested a suspect accused of carrying out a series of thefts targeting shopkeepers in the center of Nasiriyah, Zikar province. Ac…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The US Embassy in Baghdad issued an urgent security alert urging American citizens in Iraq to depart the country immediately, citing heightened regional t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Russia's Ambassador to Baghdad, Elbrus Kutrashev, said Iraq remains a key partner for Russia and continues to prefer Russian weapons in its military-techn…
MosulTEHRAN, Iran — The Kurdish Feyli community, one of the most tragic cases in Iraq's modern history, faced mass displacement on April 4, 1980, when the former regime issued…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Maysan Governor Habib Zahir al-Fartusi announced a public holiday for Thursday in the province to mark the anniversary of the Speicher massacre, according…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Mustafa Abdulhadi has proposed a mini-budget valued at between 20 and 30 trillion dinars to address priority issues, including the permanen…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Karbala's Directorate of Drug Affairs said two international drug traffickers were arrested and 10,000 Captagon pills were seized in an anti-narcotics ope…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Police in Iraq’s Babil province have arrested a man in connection with the 2021 death of a woman that was initially recorded as a bakery accident, authori…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Drivers in Diyala province are using WhatsApp groups to locate gasoline stations with available fuel, as supply shortages continue to produce long lines at…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi economist said egg prices in Baghdad continue to rise despite government inspection measures, with production costs and a long chain of middlemen…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Midhar al-Kuraiyi said on June 10, 2026 that work on legislation governing traffic fines will intensify once parliament returns from its Ju…
DuhokZAHO, Iraq — The fourth edition of the Shal u Shebek Festival opened on Wednesday evening in Zakho, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with an inaugural ceremony attended b…
AnbarTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran's Hesilan Marsh in Kermanshah province has regained its ecosystem and biological activity after roughly two decades of severe drought, enviro…
BaghdadDHI QAR, Iraq — Health authorities in Dhi Qar province have recorded 76 cases of hemorrhagic fever since the start of 2026, with six patients dying from complications of …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has reduced its holdings of US Treasury bonds significantly over the past six years, according to financial experts and officials cited in Iraqi medi…
