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IraqTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities said eight bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying 15 migrants capsized off the southeast coast near the city of Ben Gardan…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district arrested an elderly suspect accused of stealing bicycles from multiple homes in the city's University area, the Karkh P…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaydi received Libyan Foreign Minister Tahir Salim al-Bagur, who is serving in an acting capacity, and an accompanying d…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Finance Committee said public-sector salaries for June will be distributed on schedule, with no delays expected. Committee Vice Chair…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Shiite leaders within Iraq's Coordination Framework have agreed to send a service and retirement law for members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) …
IraqLONDON — Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Aston Villa 4-0 in the first half of their Premier League match on Saturday, with all four goals coming inside the opening 31 min…
IraqApple has introduced a call-screening feature in iOS 26 that lets iPhone users manage incoming calls from numbers not saved in their contacts. When activated, the phone p…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zeydi received an invitation to visit Tripoli from Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, his office sai…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Hillary Clinton has begun preparations for a possible funeral for her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, according to U.S. media rep…
IraqJERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz has ordered the military to act against the launching of balloons, paper airplanes and drones from the Gaza Strip, his o…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Electricity issued a statement on Sunday clarifying which debts are covered by a recently announced discount ahead of the…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hebet al-Halbusi said the government is pressing ahead with plans to allocate and distribute one million residential land plots t…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri, said 149 historical sites in the country were damaged during the re…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Constitutional law specialists have rejected a statement by Kirkuk Governor Mehmet Suleiman Aga that Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution is no longer in …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said U.S. pressure and sanctions on Iran represent a "repeated scenario" that has failed in t…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Families of university students in the city of Sulaymaniyah have protested outside the Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A traffic police commissioner was seriously injured on Wednesday when a speeding vehicle struck him during duty in the Mansur district of western Baghdad,…
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Mohammed Riyadh al-Sayrafi, head of the Syrian National Transport and Logistics Association, said Syria's land freight movement is recovering stron…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Shia National Movement, issued a public invitation on Monday to a central commemoration marking the Prophet Muhammad's birthd…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's foreign minister has announced that a long-running dispute over Iraqi-owned real estate in Libya has been resolved, following talks with Libyan aut…
