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.
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Iraqi singer Rahma Riyad has been accepted as a member of the U.S.-based Recording Academy, the organization that administers the Grammy Awards. Sh…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Education Committee is drafting legislation that would place authority to declare official holidays entirely with the Prime Minister'…
IraqOAKLAND, California — A former Meta engineering director told a federal court on Tuesday that the company’s internal culture placed child safety behind growth and engagem…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Finance and Economy said it has finalized the long-running case of contract employees, granting them full civil service a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar rose against the Iraqi dinar in Baghdad on Thursday, while the exchange rate remained unchanged in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdist…
IraqERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has called for strengthening the region's air defense capacity in response to a rise in drone attacks. In a …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The prime minister's financial and economic adviser, Mazhar Mohammed Salih, said Iraq's public financial management is operating within a legal framework …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — NBC News reported on Monday that Russia has begun shipping unmanned aerial vehicle components, ammunition and TNT explosives to Iran via the C…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government has announced that the international coalition's military mission against ISIS will end on September 30, 2026, with all coalition for…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The special pass known as "baj" required to enter Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone remains a bureaucratic burden for ordinary Iraqis, despite promis…
IraqResearchers have identified eight regions across the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Rim as sources of exceptionally clean drinking water, where natural filtration throu…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, head of the Construction and Development Coalition, met on Monday with National Investment Commission Chairman Ad…
IraqU.S. President Donald Trump said North Korea possesses 57 nuclear weapons and expressed a desire to meet with leader Kim Jong-un. Speaking to reporters at the White House…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that very large quantities of oil are moving through the Strait of Hormuz, with U.S. officials describin…
IraqGENEVA, Switzerland — The Swiss Federal Council has approved additional measures under the European Union's 20th sanctions package against Russia, with the new restrictio…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government has released 42 billion Iraqi dinars in payments to farmers, covering the fourth tranche of dues for the 2025 farming seas…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals, Mohammed Nouri Ahmed, conducted an on-site inspection at the headquarters of the Industry Development General Di…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A diplomatic exchange between Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has spilled into a publi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee is reviewing the second amendment to the Internal Security Forces Service and Retirement Law, committe…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi, who took office on May 14, 2026, faced a series of heavy policy files in his first 100 days, including oil exports, sal…
