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 — Gold prices retreated from a two-week high on Tuesday as investors positioned for the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve's June meeting minutes, which ar…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Coordination Framework, a bloc of Iran-aligned political parties, held a meeting on Monday at the office of Badr Organization Secretary-General H…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's electricity demand has surpassed 50,000 megawatts while domestic generation remains below 25,000 megawatts, leaving the country with a supply gap o…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region Investment Board has announced a new regulation for wheat producers, following approval from the Council of Ministers and a decree date…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A memorial corner honoring the late Turkmen Quryat artist known as Habe was opened at a coffeehouse in central Kirkuk, the Kayseri Bazaar's Urfa Geceleri c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that misinformation circulating on social media has dropped noticeably in recent weeks, crediting the decline t…
Dhi QarDHI QAR, Iraq — A 60-year-old man was killed in an armed attack in the district of Islah, east of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar province, a security source at the Dhi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Electricity and Energy Commission has alleged that two companies signed contracts worth roughly $808 million to rebuild t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi has approved 11 decrees to advance a government project aimed at distributing one million residential land plots n…
KirkukMOSUL, Iraq — Gaz Shimali, an Iraqi Stars League club, announced the signing of Ghanaian midfielder Omar Bashiru ahead of the new season. Club president Wrya Jalal said B…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Postgraduate graduates of Tikrit University in Saladin province have threatened to escalate protests over thesis defense and doctoral dissertation fees th…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Health authorities in Nineveh province said laboratory tests have confirmed hemorrhagic fever in a 32-year-old woman in the Ayyabiye subdistrict of Tel Af…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An anesthetist known on social media as "Doctor Firuze" was seriously injured in a violent attack at her home in Baghdad on July 5, 2026, according to wid…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Diyala province has declared Wednesday and Thursday, July 8 and 9, 2026, as official public holidays, suspending work across government institution…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A $2.7 billion air defense agreement Iraq signed with South Korea is at risk of collapsing, the head of the Munsur Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, Faleh al-…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament has published the agenda for its session scheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2026, listing the questioning of the head of the Investment …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A former Iraqi lawmaker has called for reviving the country's industrial cities, saying the model could generate revenue comparable to oil if longstanding…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Factory owners and industrialists gathered outside the Nineveh Chamber of Commerce building in Mosul to protest obstacles they say threaten the continuity o…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Nineveh Provincial Council has voted to lift the security clearance requirement for national ID card applicants, but citizens say state offices are st…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Finance Ministry has begun drafting the 2027 federal general budget, the prime minister's financial adviser, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said. The work …
