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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…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Media and Communications Commission has issued a public advisory warning citizens about the financial and legal risks of trading in digital curr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Japanese archaeology teams are preparing to return to Iraq to conduct scientific excavations and provide hands-on field training to Iraqi researchers, acc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 30 Iraqi lawmakers have signed a request to reduce passport fees, MP Ibtisam al-Hilali said. She said the lawmakers plan to submit a written app…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — A schoolteacher from Mosul has filed a formal complaint with Iraq's anti-corruption commission, accusing staff at a public maternity hospital of soliciting …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Interior has issued an implementation directive for a General Security Guide aimed at regulating safety stan…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Civil Defense Directorate said a fire that broke out at a commercial warehouse in the central Bab Sharqi district has been extinguished, with no…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has granted a one-time supplementary exam to third-year middle school and sixth-year high school students who failed the 2025…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — The U.S. dollar approached the 200,000 toman mark on Iran's free market on Sunday, reaching a historic level amid intensifying economic strain. Da…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Dozens of unpaid lecturers gathered in front of the Kirkuk governorate building to demand that they be hired on contract, like their counterparts in other …
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Kirkuk court has fined a Kurdish farmer 2 million Iraqi dinars in total across two separate cases linked to a confrontation last year in Shinaga village…
