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AnbarIraq is facing a severe fiscal crisis after the federal budget remained unapproved for 16 months, leaving the government unable to move beyond temporary legal spending li…
BaghdadPrime Minister Ali Zeydi faces an early and difficult test in managing Baghdad’s ties with the Kurdistan Region, where political tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic…
IraqIranian media said Tehran’s negotiating team has still not reached an agreement with Washington, as talks remain stalled and the ceasefire in the war that began in Februa…
BaghdadIraq Football Association President Adnan Dharjal said in a press conference in Baghdad that he will not contest the election results and will congratulate the winners. H…
IraqUS officials say negotiations with Iran have become extremely exhausting, with daily exchanges of draft texts producing no meaningful progress. The stalled diplomacy come…
BaghdadThe Kurdish issue has moved beyond an ethnic question in the Middle East and become a strategic factor at the center of security, energy and regional influence struggles.…
BaghdadExtensive inspections at Umm Qasr Port in Basra intercepted a major smuggling attempt involving prohibited goods, electronics and even an aircraft, the Border Ports Autho…
BaghdadIraq has been operating for 16 months on temporary financial arrangements because the federal budget has not been discussed, leaving new investment projects unable to sta…
BaghdadNATO’s mission in Iraq is expected to return to Baghdad in the coming months after being withdrawn to Italy because of tensions in the Middle East. Former mission command…
AnbarA drone strike on a college dormitory in Starobilsk, in Russia-controlled Luhansk, killed 6 people and wounded dozens, underscoring the continuing escalation in the occup…
BaghdadNATO plans to bring its mission in Iraq back to Baghdad over the coming months after evacuating it to a base in Italy because of the war in the Middle East, former Iraq m…
IraqA study by researchers at Oxford University and University College London says younger generations are developing physical and mental illnesses at earlier ages, driven by…
IraqSix senior figures from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are shaping the country’s decision-making process, according to the New York Times, with most of them hav…
BaghdadThe Nujaba Movement has rejected a plan to merge the Popular Mobilization forces with Iraq’s security services, saying the resistance weapon is not open to negotiation an…
KirkukKirkuk Governor Agha and the United Nations representative discussed development projects, economic priorities and public services in the province during a meeting that a…
IraqThousands of supporters of former Cuban President Raul Castro gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana in a show of backing for the 94-year-old former leader, who has …
BaghdadIraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Mesud Barzani will travel to Baghdad next week with a high-level delegation for talks with the federal government, as t…
IraqNovak Djokovic says world No. 1 Jannik Sinner is the biggest obstacle to his bid for a 25th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, where the two men are placed on opposite si…
BaghdadWeapons control remains one of the biggest challenges for Iraqi governments since 2003, as armed groups that gained strength in the war against ISIS have also secured pol…
IraqThomas Tuchel has left Phil Foden and Cole Palmer out of England's 26-man squad for next month’s 2026 World Cup in the United States. The omission of two of England’s mos…
