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 — Iraq's national football team arrived in the United States for the 2026 World Cup, but at least two members of the delegation faced extended questioning u…
SulaymaniyahTEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced they carried out an attack on positions belonging to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq'…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Fuel shortages have created long lines at gas stations throughout Baghdad, with some facilities closing or restricting sales of certain fuel types. Drive…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi has launched a comprehensive political and security campaign to prevent Iraq from being drawn into the escalating milita…
BasraNEW YORK, USA — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized the decision to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to the city ahead of the World Cup. Mamdani …
Dhi QarDHI QAR, Iraq — A university student died after consuming an unidentified substance inside a taxi in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on Thursday, security sources said. …
BabilA former CIA officer has been charged with using a fraudulent covert program to embezzle tens of millions of dollars in public funds, according to court documents and rep…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A new arts space called Bağdadi Han has opened in the Şevaka neighborhood of Baghdad's historic center, bringing together visual artists under one roof. T…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Babylon arrested a man who confessed to strangling his wife and staging her death as a suicide, according to a statement from the Babylon Police…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's airspace and all airports have fully reopened to commercial flight operations, the head of the Air Navigation Services Movement Unit said Monday. M…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Police in Babylon province announced Tuesday that a woman's death, initially recorded as suicide, was solved as murder after her family challenged the findi…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — The Duhok Fine Arts Institute concluded its 27th annual festival in the northern Iraqi city, a four-day event showcasing student work across music, painting…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Iraq's newly formed government, appointed by the Coordination Framework, has begun its term amid longstanding infrastructure challenges that have persisted …
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — A commentary published this week examines how power in states with weakened institutions often flows not from constitutions or elections but from informal n…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi police are holding a social media content creator known as "Abu Janna" while investigating the source of cash and gifts he distributed to followers …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Media and Communications Authority has banned presenter Hatip Adil from appearing on all local and foreign media for 30 days. The regulator said…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A war remnant fell near a facility operated by Iranian opposition groups in Erbil on Monday, officials said, in an incident that prompted an investigation b…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities announced that Iraq Airways will operate more than 40 international flights on Tuesday, resuming regular service after a period of restr…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Ismail Qaani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, praised Yemen's military operations against Israel and said other reg…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Health has recorded 145 confirmed hemorrhagic fever cases and 9 deaths nationwide since the start of the year through June 8, 2026. Min…
