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IraqMOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry said air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 250 Ukrainian drones during a 12-hour period ending at 8:00 p.m. Moscow time. The mi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A claim that Nouri al-Maliki had stepped back from the Interior Ministry portfolio in Iraq’s ongoing coalition talks was rejected on Tuesday by Hisham al-…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Serchinari Grand Mosque, founded in 1959 in Sulaymaniyah, hosted a Mawlid al-Nabi program attended by 1,500 people, including an iftar meal, mosque i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Hammam al-Hamudi, head of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, warned at a session of the Eighth Baghdad Dialogue Conference on Saturday that there is an at…
IraqBERLIN — Germany's geosciences research center reported that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Japan's eastern coast on Saturday, with the tremor recorded at a depth …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — President Masoud Pezeshkian met with the heads of Iran's parliament and judiciary on Saturday to coordinate action on the country's cost-of-living crisis, …
AnbarFALLUJAH, Iraq — A fire that broke out in the roof of a restaurant in the city of Fallujah in Anbar province was brought under control on Saturday evening, a local source…
IraqIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that a Palestinian state under Iranian control would not be established for as long as he remains in office. "Neit…
BaghdadNASIRIYAH, Iraq — Al-Garaf defeated visiting Noruz 1-0 in the second week of the Iraqi Stars League, securing three points at Nasiriyah Olympic Stadium. The match kicked …
IraqRussia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday that long-range Ukrainian drones were targeted in precision strikes near the capital and at a Black Sea port. According to the …
IraqLONDON — Seven people, including a police officer, were killed on Monday when a police vehicle and a civilian car collided on a main road near South Bank, east of Middles…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Private generator owners in Iraq's Anbar province staged a protest in Ramadi demanding that the summer tariff be fixed and their government-issued diesel …
IraqVATICAN — The Vatican is preparing to build a renewable energy plant at a cost of around €100 million, with the aim of achieving energy self-sufficiency within roughly tw…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Rusafa Police Command said it carried out a preventive operation in the Kufah neighborhood of the capital, arresting wanted suspects and seizi…
IraqOTTAWA, Canada — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will not accept the terms Washington has set for a trade agreement, announcing reciprocal tariffs on US steel and …
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — A bomb attack targeted a night service bus belonging to Syrian internal security forces in the countryside north of Damascus, wounding security personne…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Heavy rainfall and flooding have damaged more than 2,000 kilometers of unpaved nomadic migration routes in Iran's Ilam province, along the Iraqi border, le…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A woman was killed on Wednesday after a cargo truck overturned onto the Mahmudiya highway in Baghdad, the city's Civil Defense Directorate said. The truck…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Young adults in England are spending significantly more time alone than they did ten years ago, according to a study titled "All by Myself." Men aged 18-29 …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani met on Tuesday with representatives of associate and postgraduate degree holders employed at Iraq’s Oil Ministry t…
