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.
BaghdadBASRA, Iraq โ Private companies operating in Basra's oil sector have protested being paid in Iraqi dinars for dollar-denominated receivables under their contracts, insteaโฆ
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi met on Monday with Dmitry Shugayev, head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, in the presenceโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's state-owned Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has relocated its IDC-51 drilling rig from the Zubair oil field in the southern city of Basra to the East โฆ
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq โ 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 markโฆ
IraqWASHINGTON, United States โ WASHINGTON โ US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the United States has launched what he called its largest financial operatioโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ The 17th International Agricultural Mechanization, Animal Production and Food Industry Week opened at the Baghdad International Fair grounds with 209 locaโฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ The Basra Operations Command announced on Sunday evening that a controlled explosion will be carried out on Monday morning. The command said the blast wouldโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ August temperatures exceeding 50ยฐC across southern Iraq have pushed the date harvest season into its peak, with agricultural specialist Jasim Mohammed sayโฆ
ErbilERBIL, Iraq โ Members of the Qadiri Sufi order and their followers gathered at the Sayyid Abdullah Tekke in the village of Torak, southwest of Erbil, the capital of the Kโฆ
IraqRENO, Nev. โ A fast-moving wildfire in northwestern Nevada has prompted evacuation orders for roughly 42,000 people, officials said Sunday. The blaze, dubbed the Hawk firโฆ
Dhi QarNASIRIYAH, Iraq โ Seven municipal employees and intermediaries were detained in an anti-corruption operation at the Nasiriyah Municipality in the southern Iraqi province โฆ
IraqKERMANSHAH, Iran โ 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, โฆ
ErbilERBIL, Iraq โ The Erbil Security Directorate has detained a man suspected of sexually assaulting a young woman in footage that circulated on social media, a Kurdistan Regโฆ
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq โ A gas leak occurred at well number 46 in the Habbaz oil field in Kirkuk, according to local security authorities. The field's security unit warned residentโฆ
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates โ Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah issued a decree on Sunday stripping naturalized Kuwaitis of the right to vote, run foโฆ
IraqTEHRAN, Iran โ Iran's Strait of Hormuz Administration said vessels that support ships violating transit rules in the strait will be added to the violators list and face fโฆ
SaladinTIKRIT, Iraq โ Tribal leaders in Tikrit, in the northern province of Salahaddin, have declared their support for the government of Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi, backing itโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate said its teams carried out two separate animal rescue operations in the southern cities of Basra and Dhaykar. In Dhaykar,โฆ
ErbilERBIL, Iraq โ Construction has begun on what engineers say will be the tallest bridge in Iraq, located along a dual-carriageway project linking Erbil to the Koisincak disโฆ
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq โ 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 noโฆ
