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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…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — An armed group abducted a young man on Saturday in the outskirts of Altun Kupri district in northern Kirkuk and fled toward an unknown destination, securit…
IraqResearchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have found that regular physical activity can help smokers quit and reduce nicotine cravings. The study pooled resu…
IraqPRAIA, Cape Verde — Fans poured into the streets of the capital Praia after Cape Verde lost 2-1 to Argentina, celebrating the national team's performance in the World Cup…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Fallah al-Zaydi has ordered the expansion of anti-corruption operations to cover all state sectors, his press office said. The di…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Political groups in Iraq have set up candidate selection committees to fill remaining ministerial seats in the government, a source familiar with the talk…
IraqMIAMI — Lionel Messi scored as Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 in the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup, advancing to the quarterfinals. Messi struck in the 29th minute, fi…
IraqFrance head coach Didier Deschamps said his team is preparing for the impact of extreme heat ahead of Saturday's World Cup round-of-16 match against Paraguay. Speaking be…
IraqThe kickoff time for the England-Mexico Round of 16 match at the World Cup on Sunday could be moved earlier because of an expected storm and flooding risk in the host cit…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces said Friday they arrested a foreign national described as a crystal methamphetamine dealer in Maysan province, seizing about one kil…
MaysanMAYSAN, Iraq — The Maysan Province narcotics unit said it arrested a foreign national on Friday after seizing one kilogram of crystal narcotics. The unit said the suspect…
IraqInvestors withdrew $17.2 billion from US equity funds in the week ending July 1, the largest weekly outflow since March, according to a Bank of America report citing EPFR…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said they foiled an armed robbery attempt at a jewelry shop on Friday and arrested a suspect at the scene. The Karkh Po…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 300 people were killed and around 250 others wounded on July 3, 2016, when a bomb-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad's Karrada district during t…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The United States has pulled most of its military personnel out of Nigeria following a recent joint operation against ISIS in the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's health minister has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of a young woman at Al-Zahra Hospital in Baghdad, the Health Ministry said. The …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A man in his twenties drowned after his boat capsized while fishing at a water facility in Leylan, east of Kirkuk, a security source said. The source ident…
IraqJulian Nagelsmann has resigned as head coach of Germany's national football team following the side's elimination from the World Cup by Paraguay. Germany lost the round-o…
