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.
IraqIran has executed another man on charges linked to this year’s protests, as rights groups warn that dozens more face the threat of execution. Abbas Akbari was tried over …
ErbilKurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has signed decrees promoting 95 non-commissioned officers in the region’s Asayish forces and granting non-commissioned office…
IraqSaudi Arabia has signaled that it will not normalize relations with Israel unless a clear, irreversible path to a Palestinian state is established, responding to U.S. Pre…
Dhi QarAhmed Gani al-Hafaci, head of the Health and Environment Committee in the Dhi Qar Provincial Council, has called on the central government for urgent assistance as hemorr…
IraqPresident Trump said the outcome of talks with Iran would be either a major agreement or no agreement at all, while conditioning any settlement on neighboring states and …
BaghdadIraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi has called on Prime Minister Ali Fayyad Zidi to submit a draft law on state employee and public sector salaries to parliamen…
BaghdadHundreds of citizens applying to buy apartments in the Besmaya housing complex, southeast of Baghdad, have complained about delays in the Investment Authority’s allocatio…
BaghdadAzm Alliance lawmaker Iyad al-Jubouri said thousands of dunams around Baghdad International Airport were improperly transferred to an investment company, in what he descr…
IraqHaklar Bloc has condemned what it described as attempts by political circles backed by U.S. and regional pressure to dismantle the Popular Mobilization Forces. The bloc s…
IraqIraq’s Hajj Commission has begun distributing cash gifts to Iraqi pilgrims for the fifth consecutive year, with the measure aimed at easing the financial burden on worshi…
IraqSerious divisions have emerged inside the Coordination Framework over a U.S. proposal on the future of the Popular Mobilization Forces, as armed groups reject any move to…
IraqFormer Acting Interior Minister Hussein al-Awadi on Monday issued an administrative order promoting 3,651 civilian employees at the Interior Ministry. The move is part of…
IraqUS President Donald Trump said talks with Iran are going well, but linked any nuclear agreement to the expansion of the Abraham Accords and said regional powers should jo…
ErbilKurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Kurdistan MMA fighter Namu Fazel and congratulated him on his success in the United States, pledging continued suppo…
BaghdadThe Iraq Stock Exchange recorded 5,718 transactions worth 86.72 billion Iraqi dinars last week, with weekly turnover reaching about $66.2 million and rising 958% from the…
SaladinArab football is poised to reach its highest-ever representation at the 2026 World Cup, with eight teams qualified for the tournament hosted jointly by the United States,…
IraqIranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Doha and began talks with Qatari officials, with the Strait of Hormuz and…
BaghdadThe General Directorate of Cargo in Iraq issued instructions to ease visitor entry at all border cargo centers for Eid al-Adha, aiming to ensure the highest possible flow…
BaghdadPolitical groups within the Coordination Framework are preparing a wide-ranging administrative restructuring in state institutions as Iraq’s cabinet crisis continues, rai…
ErbilKurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Erbil on Tuesday to discuss support for Iraq’s political process and th…
