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ErbilERBIL, Iraq โ Two young men drowned in the Greater Zab River in the Habat district of Erbil province on Wednesday when one attempted to rescue the other, according to witโฆ
IraqA recent Turkish commentary revisits Lewis Terman's longitudinal study, launched in 1921 to track gifted children, and argues that recent attempts to use the research to โฆ
BasraBASRA, Iraq โ Police in Basra arrested a suspect wanted in connection with fraud, theft and threatening civilians, the provincial police media office said. The operation โฆ
IraqThe United Nations said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing at an accelerating pace, with recorded deaths now exceeding 2,500. A senior UN oโฆ
IraqGlobal stock markets traded cautiously on Friday as investors assessed the US Treasury's move to reshape longer-dated debt issuance and ease long-term borrowing costs. Trโฆ
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq โ The head of Iraq's Supreme Hajj and Umrah Authority, Sheikh Sami al-Masudi, met on Friday with the commander of the Federal Police Forces, Lieutenant Geneโฆ
AnbarANBAR, Iraq โ BRUSSELS โ Belgium has joined other major European governments in opposing Israel's E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, Deputy Prime Minister aโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Generators Union has decided to shut down all private generators across the country's cities on September 1, union head Dirฤam al-Shuwayli said. Aโฆ
IraqROME โ Brazilian forward Ronaldo, 46, has signed for Italian third-division side Ravenna and also become a shareholder of the club, returning to professional football morโฆ
IraqFootage of Lebanese singer Elissa returning a Palestinian keffiyeh to the audience without wearing it during a concert at the International Carthage Festival in Tunisia hโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ BAGHDAD โ Long-running social media claims linking five global football stars to Islam have resurfaced online, drawing renewed attention to the players' pโฆ
IraqAustralian police have charged a person with foreign espionage after accusing them of gathering intelligence on the Ukrainian military and attempting to pass it to Russiaโฆ
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq โ A lawmaker from the Yazidi Brotherhood Coalition bloc in Iraq's parliament said only about 10 percent of Yazidis affected by the 2014 ISIS offensive have โฆ
IraqAmerican singer Ariana Grande publicly objected after President Donald Trump's team shared a video online using her music without permission. The footage showed Trump walโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi said a process to bring firearms under state control will formally begin at the end of September, calling it โฆ
BabilBABYLON, Iraq โ Police in Babylon province said a man was arrested on Friday after setting his mother on fire inside her home in the tourist district of Hilla. The provinโฆ
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia โ French striker Karim Benjema has confirmed he will remain at Al-Hilal for the duration of his contract, putting to rest speculation about a possiblโฆ
NajafNAJAF, Iraq โ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visited the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf on Friday with a delegation of Iranian lawmakers, saying theโฆ
IraqApple is preparing to raise product prices, citing a global shortage of memory chips, Chief Executive Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal. Cook said the company would nโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Four people were killed and several others wounded in three separate incidents across Iraq, in Sulaymaniyah, Diwaniyah and Babylon provinces. In the Kifrโฆ
