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KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament from Kirkuk, Mohammed Ali Naimi, said administrative approvals have been secured to release all outstanding education oversig…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Asian equities traded sideways on Wednesday as concerns over a possible new US-Iran military confrontation eased, pulling oil prices lower. In…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — At least three Indian refiners and several large global energy companies are steering clear of tankers placed on a new Iranian blacklist over Strait of Hor…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Communication and Media Commission has launched a mobile application, CMC Speed Test, that allows users to measure the quality of mobile and intern…
IraqIsraeli intelligence uncovered an alleged Iranian-linked plot to assassinate Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and ordered him to leave Fl…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. dollar ended Wednesday's trading session lower against the Iraqi dinar in both the Baghdad and Erbil foreign exchange markets. At local exchange …
IraqMenlo Park-based Meta has agreed to pay approximately $18 billion over 10 years to settle a lawsuit filed by several US states over youth online safety, according to the …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — A Johns Hopkins University energy security professor and former US National Defense University faculty member, Paul Sullivan, said Washington …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Oil Ministry said private generator owners are not subject to any tax. Ministry spokesman Salim al-Rikabi said all fuel quotas allocated to private…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said he was hopeful that practical arrangements could be reached on a temporary corridor in the Strait of Hormuz a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Election affairs expert Dareed Tawfiq has criticized Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's proposal to make Iraq's national identity card the basis fo…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Parliamentary Legal Committee and Security and Defense Committee are preparing to advance proposed amendments to the traffic law to a second readin…
IraqREYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelandic voters will go to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to reopen accession talks with the European Union, amid a backdrop of growing glo…
BaghdadMOSUL, Iraq — The head of the Energy and Oil Committee in the Nineveh provincial council, Ahmed Abd Rabbo, has warned fuel station operators in Mosul that managers who fa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammed Kazem Ali Sadiq, following publications by some Iranian diplomatic missions cont…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Finance Minister Faleh al-Sari said public sector salaries are fully guaranteed and that there is no plan to issue payments every 45 days. He said the mon…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian presidency is preparing two decrees under which Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the formally dissolved Syrian Democratic Forces, will be appoin…
IraqNASHVILLE, United States — Country music legend Dolly Parton died at age 80 in Nashville, Tennessee. Known for her soft voice, emotionally resonant songs and glittering s…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — New US sanctions targeting transactions with Iran’s designated sectors could expose countries, companies and financial institutions to secondary sanctions…
IraqBRUSSELS — The European Union is reviewing possible sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over his statements on Gaza, EU foreign policy sp…
