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.
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission is pressing ahead with technical and administrative preparations for the country's parliamentary elections sc…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — A Turkish daily’s analysis, relayed to Shafaq News, says a series of raids and detentions of senior Iraqi officials signal a more determined a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Social Protection Authority under the Ministry of Labour said preparations for food parcels covering roughly 7 million social assistance beneficiar…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has warned France and the United Kingdom against potential military moves in the Strait of Hormuz, saying …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights has told the Prime Minister's Office that a group of Iraqi women, many of them originally from Basra, have been le…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources has authorized gasoline imports to address a supply shortfall and curb rising fuel prices …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Petroleum Products Organization has dismissed reports that kerosene distributed free of charge to households for use in generators is of poor quali…
IraqA British surgeon, Karan Rajan, said in a social media video that some frozen and canned fruits and vegetables can retain higher levels of certain nutrients than fresh pr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi military intelligence said security forces arrested a drug dealer in possession of 14,000 Captagon pills during an operation in the capital, Baghdad…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi meteorologist has warned that plastic water bottles left in the sun pose a public health risk by releasing microplastic particles into the water.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid said there is an opportunity to build a regional security framework covering neighboring states, with Iraq positioned t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Finance and Economy has rejected media reports that its delegation asked Baghdad to postpone the disbursement of June s…
SaladinSALAHADDIN, Iraq — River police in Saladin province recovered the body of a child who drowned in the Tigris River after hours of search operations, a source with the Sala…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad municipality is pressing ahead with strategic projects to expand the city's wastewater treatment capacity, the municipality's general secretary, A…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi critic and translator Abdulhadi Saadun has been named the 11th recipient of the Martielo Ries International Translation Award, granted by the Madrid…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The Sun reported that England’s national football team players may take medication containing sildenafil to help their bodies adjust to playing at the Azt…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The 2026 World Cup round of 16 begins Saturday with two matches. Morocco, which advanced past the Netherlands on penalties, faces Canada in Houston in the…
IraqFormer Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has confirmed he was approached by the German Football Federation (DFB) about the Germany national team head coach role following Ju…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice released 640 prisoners in June 2026 through the Iraqi Reform Directorate, according to a ministry statement. Of those released,…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council announced that Judge Ali Hussein Jawdat, head of the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation, received the R…
