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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Riza Haidar al-Hasnawi has issued a ministerial order appointing Alaa Abdulhasan Ali Obeid to lead the General Ports Company on …
IraqLONDON — The British government has declared an emergency alert for regions where temperatures are expected to reach 40°C this week. The Met Office issued a red warning, …
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Bar Association, Ahlam al-Lami, said funds uncovered in the investigation of former Oil Ministry deputy undersecretary Adnan Qumayli…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Trade has launched its sugar e-branch service across all food ration card outlets in the country, including the capital Baghdad, the mi…
IraqArgentina head coach Lionel Scaloni said mandatory water breaks introduced at the 2026 World Cup are disrupting the flow of matches, with the game repeatedly interrupted …
IraqBelgium opened its 2026 World Cup campaign with a 0-0 draw against Iran, drawing sharp criticism from the Belgian press over the team's lackluster display and struggles i…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission said it has suspended "With Muna Sami," a program broadcast on Al-Ula Iraq Television, for 10 days and imposed …
Algeria will be without forward Mohamed Amine Amoura for Tuesday's 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff against Jordan after the VfL Wolfsburg striker suffered a hamstring injury …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya has become the first Arab club to have more than one of its players score at a FIFA World Cup, with Aymen Hussein finding the net…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's national football team left a handwritten message in the dressing room at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles after drawing 0-0 with Belgium in their secon…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Justice Minister Khaled Shawani has ordered a comprehensive rotation of notaries working in all enforcement offices in Baghdad, the Ministry of Justice sa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — BERLIN — Representatives of the Iraqi diaspora in Germany have formally appealed to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and the Iraqi parliament's Foreign…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Joint Operations Command said on Sunday that airstrikes destroyed two hideouts used by ISIS in western Anbar province. The command said the sites w…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Joint Operations deputy commander and head of the Million-Visitor Higher Security Committee, Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi, has ordered an intensifi…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — PHILADELPHIA — The 2026 World Cup Group E match between Iraq and France at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia was temporarily halted early on Tuesday…
IraqKINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen to 1,003, with the death toll climbing to 254, accor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A field study conducted in New York found that a fan attending a 2026 World Cup group-stage match between Morocco and Brazil would spend a total of $1,847…
IraqBRUSSELS — An Iraqi-origin member of the European Parliament said she felt unsafe in the chamber following a vote on legislation to accelerate the deportation of irregula…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani will make an official visit to Washington in mid-July, his first formal foreign trip since taking office, go…
TEHRAN, Iran — The funeral commission for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has outlined mourning and burial arrangements, saying farewell ceremonies will begin on Satur…
