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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Ministers approved a one-time supplementary examination for third-year middle school and sixth-year preparatory school students who did …
IraqGold prices rose to a three-month high on Monday, driven by a weaker dollar and fresh signals over U.S. monetary policy. Spot gold gained 0.9 percent to $4,643.63 per oun…
IraqSINGAPORE — The government announced a support package worth more than US$55,000 per child in an effort to counter a record-low birth rate, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong s…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen's Houthi movement said on Monday it targeted a Saudi oil tanker with a ballistic missile off the Saudi port of Yanbu in the eastern Re…
IraqPARIS, France — The French government announced that a ban on mobile phone use in secondary schools will take effect at the start of the next academic year. Government sp…
IraqThe US Secret Service has launched an investigation into a roughly three-minute segment aired on Iranian state television that is believed to target Barron Trump, the you…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Nineveh’s members of Iraq’s parliament said they opposed recent administrative changes in the province, arguing that the appointments were based on politi…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Reconstruction and Development parliamentary bloc announced on Wednesday its support for a proposed amendment to the Teachers' Union Law, saying the o…
BaghdadBABYLON, Iraq — Water buffalo herds have returned to Shatt al-Hillah in Babil province after a severe drought between 2020 and 2024 caused river levels in the Tigris and …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Representatives convened a new session on Tuesday under the chairmanship of First Deputy Speaker Adnan Finjan, who opened the sitting an…
IraqMADRID — Atletico Madrid is willing to consider offers of around 150 million euros for Argentina forward Julian Alvarez following a breakdown in relations with the 26-yea…
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said efforts would continue to secure international recognition of the Anfal operations as genocide. In a state…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee has requested that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's government allocate funds in the federal …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji met with US Chargé d'Affaires Joshua Harris in Baghdad to discuss bilateral ties and regional developments…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Samarra State Company for Drugs and Medical Supplies, affiliated with Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals, has begun producing moxifloxacin, the firs…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Journalists in Iraq say they face persistent difficulties obtaining official information, as several ministries and government institutions lack designate…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government will officially activate a dedicated digital registration portal on September 1, 2026, for its one-million residential land plot proj…
IraqARBIL, Iraq — A Kurdistan Regional Government official said on Monday, August 24, 2026, that all international oil companies operating in the region had formally resumed …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected for a second time a request by former Iraq Football Federation president Adnan Dirjal to suspend …
IraqALBANY, N.Y. — Federal authorities have arrested a 35-year-old woman in Albany, New York, on charges that she plotted an attack on the state cathedral building, according…
