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.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — GENEVA — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected for a second time a request by former Iraq Football Federation president Adnan Dirjal to suspend …
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 16-year-old girl died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her family home in the Hay al-Hakim district of Basra, local sources said. The victim, born…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry announced that security forces seized 519,144 smuggled and unregulated medicines and medical supplies in a Baghdad operation and …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Lloyd's List Intelligence data cited by Kpler shows ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply reduced, with fewer than 20 vessels crossing o…
IraqHELSINKI, Finland — The football federations of Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and the Faroe Islands declared no confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino.…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Boxing Federation will host an inter-club championship for youth and junior categories in Sulaymaniyah in September, federation president Ali Ta…
BabilThe idea behind the Guinness World Records book emerged in November 1951 during a shooting party in County Wicklow, Ireland, where Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of t…
IraqHoroscope readings prepared for August 24 point to advances in careers and earnings opportunities, while advising caution in relationships for some signs. Aries, Taurus a…
IraqWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's government will introduce a bill in parliament this week banning social media use by children under 16. The l…
IraqUEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said FIFA President Gianni Infantino should step down amid mounting pressure, but ruled himself out as a successor. The Slovenian footba…
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq — Private companies operating in Basra's oil sector have protested being paid in Iraqi dinars for dollar-denominated receivables under their contracts, instea…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Iraq National Forces Alliance, renewed his call for weapons to be placed under state authority during an event in Baghdad mark…
IraqKERMANSHAH, Iran — A wild plant known locally as "Bilaluk" or wild cherry, which grows on the rocky slopes of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran's Kermanshah province, …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A woman died during a kidney stone procedure at a private hospital in Kirkuk, medical sources in the city said, adding that the exact cause of death had no…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday that Washington expects to enter a new phase in its confrontation with Iran, reitera…
BabilBABIL, Iraq — Former members of the board of Kism Sports Club in Babil province staged a sit-in on Saturday to protest the Iraqi Olympic Committee's decision to install a…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Security sources in the Zakho Independent Administration in the Kurdistan Region said a man in his 20s drowned on Sunday evening in the Khabur River after e…
IraqBERLIN — Gasoline prices in Germany have climbed close to a record level as tensions in the Middle East continue to push up global crude oil costs. According to data from…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces in Basra seized 3 kilograms of narcotics and arrested one suspect in a preventive operation, the city's Directorate for Narcotics Affairs sa…
IraqSyrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with Israeli intelligence service Mossad director Roman Gofman in Jordan in an extraordinary meeting, according to Turkish-ba…
