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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament has revised the agenda for its session scheduled for Sunday, removing one of five items originally listed, the Council of Representat…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Karbala played out a 1-1 draw with visiting Al-Zawraa on Friday in the Iraqi Stars League, the result decided by an own goal deep into stoppage time. The …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Basra's provincial police directorate said it has identified the suspect in a fatal shooting of a man near the Mowadeh Hospital junction following a persona…
IraqForeign ministers from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt issued a joint statement on Friday condemning Israel's…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Two people were killed in an armed attack at the Kout Al-Hajjaj intersection in central Basra, local security sources said. Gunfire was opened from a vehicl…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran has approved the passage of Iraqi oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz following a request from the Iraqi government, the Iranian state n…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — LONDON — Brent crude traded near $94 a barrel on Friday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate stood at $86.90, extending sharp weekly gains driv…
IraqSTOCKHOLM, Sweden — Several people were injured on Thursday when a sword-wielding attacker entered a high school in central Sweden, according to local officials. The assa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of Numan Hospital in Baghdad and was brought under control, according to security sources. The blaze …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's government is preparing a comprehensive reform package aimed at reducing the economy's vulnerability to oil price swings, the prime minister's econ…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US Representative Harriet Hageman has asked the Trump administration to take additional measures against foreign nationals using …
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that his country faces internal divisions and that officials must accept responsibility to…
IraqGlobal stock markets traded cautiously on Friday as investors assessed the US Treasury's move to reshape longer-dated debt issuance and ease long-term borrowing costs. Tr…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — BRUSSELS — Belgium has joined other major European governments in opposing Israel's E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, Deputy Prime Minister a…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Generators Union has decided to shut down all private generators across the country's cities on September 1, union head Dirğam al-Shuwayli said. A…
IraqFootage of Lebanese singer Elissa returning a Palestinian keffiyeh to the audience without wearing it during a concert at the International Carthage Festival in Tunisia h…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A lawmaker from the Yazidi Brotherhood Coalition bloc in Iraq's parliament said only about 10 percent of Yazidis affected by the 2014 ISIS offensive have …
IraqAmerican singer Ariana Grande publicly objected after President Donald Trump's team shared a video online using her music without permission. The footage showed Trump wal…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi said a process to bring firearms under state control will formally begin at the end of September, calling it …
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — French striker Karim Benjema has confirmed he will remain at Al-Hilal for the duration of his contract, putting to rest speculation about a possibl…
