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AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Iraq National Forces Alliance, renewed his call for weapons to be placed under state authority during an event in Baghdad mark…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the United States has launched what he called its largest financial operatio…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The 17th International Agricultural Mechanization, Animal Production and Food Industry Week opened at the Baghdad International Fair grounds with 209 loca…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Members of the Qadiri Sufi order and their followers gathered at the Sayyid Abdullah Tekke in the village of Torak, southwest of Erbil, the capital of the K…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Erbil Security Directorate has detained a man suspected of sexually assaulting a young woman in footage that circulated on social media, a Kurdistan Reg…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah issued a decree on Sunday stripping naturalized Kuwaitis of the right to vote, run fo…
SaladinTIKRIT, Iraq — Tribal leaders in Tikrit, in the northern province of Salahaddin, have declared their support for the government of Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi, backing it…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — The New York Times has suggested Washington draw inspiration from amargi, a debt-cancellation mechanism introduced by the Sumerian ruler Entem…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday that Washington expects to enter a new phase in its confrontation with Iran, reitera…
BaghdadCONAKRY, Guinea — At least 22 people were killed when a section of Dar es-Salam, the largest landfill in the Guinean capital, collapsed early Monday following heavy rainf…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian lawmaker said Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have jointly invited Tehran to join a mutual defense pact. Mehdi Rahimi, head of the parliament-…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian official said Tehran has been invited to join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, and is reviewing th…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Former members of the board of Kism Sports Club in Babil province staged a sit-in on Saturday to protest the Iraqi Olympic Committee's decision to install a…
IraqBERLIN — Gasoline prices in Germany have climbed close to a record level as tensions in the Middle East continue to push up global crude oil costs. According to data from…
IraqSyrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with Israeli intelligence service Mossad director Roman Gofman in Jordan in an extraordinary meeting, according to Turkish-ba…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Sheikh Mohsen Kumey, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader, said Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei delivered a message of greeting and appreciation to the Ir…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq will attend an international natural gas and liquefied natural gas expo scheduled for next month in Bangkok, Thailand, according to a source at Iraq'…
IraqSyria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shiyani met with Israeli intelligence service Mossad chief Roman Gofman in an effort to reduce tensions, Reuters reported. The meeting t…
IraqTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities said eight bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying 15 migrants capsized off the southeast coast near the city of Ben Gardan…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi received Libyan Foreign Minister Tahir Salim al-Bagur, who is serving in an acting capacity, and an accompanying d…
