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IraqA multi-agency manhunt is underway in Kansas City, Missouri, for a 22-year-old suspect linked to multiple shootings near Arrowhead Stadium, the venue hosting World Cup ma…
IraqLOS ANGELES — A fire that broke out on June 18 at a frozen food warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles produced a dense smoke cloud that spread across…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Seven own goals have been recorded at the 2026 World Cup, drawing attention to defensive mistakes in the tournament. The figure compares with only two own…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Writer Issam Hussein al-Hadithi has argued that the widely held view of Iraq as 90% dependent on oil exports does not reflect the country's full revenue b…
IraqGermany secured a place in the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast in their second Group E match in Toronto. Ivory Coast struck firs…
IraqGermany defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 in their second group-stage match at the 2025 World Cup at BMO Field. Franck Kessié gave Ivory Coast a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 30th m…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Supreme Alawi Islamic Council of Syria and the Diaspora has rejected reports that Sheikh Ghazzal Ghazzal, one of the highest religious authorities for t…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Transport said the Council of Ministers has approved a decision to reunite the country's airport management department with the air nav…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's High Security Committee has issued recommendations for securing the upcoming Ashura and Arbaeen pilgrimages, according to the Joint Operations Comm…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — The Karbala Sports Club interim administration canceled its election congress on Saturday after no administrative board could be formed, the interim board…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Interior Minister Reber Ahmed said Prime Minister Masrour Barzani is "very firm" on the issue of oil companies' operations, and that the Er…
IraqZURICH — FIFA has outlined the tiebreaker criteria that will determine which teams advance from the group stage of the 2026 World Cup. Under the format, the top two teams…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Karin Kamangr, a national artistic gymnast from Iran's Kurdistan province, has become the first female gymnast from the region to qualify for the Asian Art…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Paralympic Committee said national para-fencer Abdulrahman Ziyad Nizar won a silver medal at the international "Satellite" Classification Tournamen…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Strategic Center for Human Rights, based in Baghdad, said on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that Iraq is among th…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said 17 people were detained in the western city of Ilam on charges of running and belonging to an external-linked “destructiv…
IraqIsrael's Health Ministry said a traveler who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been placed in isolation at Rambam Hospital in Haifa on suspicion of E…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Directorate has taken over the management of external control points and transit routes connecting Mosul to other cities, according…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Hatam Anbia Central Headquarters, operating under the General Staff of the Armed Forces, announced on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz has been clo…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national team has arrived in Philadelphia to continue preparations for its second 2026 FIFA World Cup group-stage match against France, scheduled f…
