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.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi economist said a proposal to redenominate the Iraqi dinar and remove three zeros from the national banknotes would help surface cash holdings acc…
AnbarWASHINGTON, United States — An Iranian official said Tehran has set a deadline for the United States to implement a memorandum of understanding on lifting a naval blockad…
DivaniyeBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 26-year-old detainee at a Family and Child Police Center in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya set himself on fire during a police check on August 13, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's office said he ordered oil companies to maintain continuous 24-hour operations to keep production and exports ru…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) detained a senior leader of the Hezbollah Iraq movement, known in Arabic as Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, in a raid …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security officials said intelligence indicated that armed groups had prepared a serious assassination plot against Supreme Judicial Council Presiden…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Commission said a captain accused of torturing a military servicemember to death has been arrested i…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — A source told an Iraqi news agency that Salih Mohammed al-Harbjili has been reinstated as director of the Sunni Endowment Office in Diyala province. The ap…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Advisory said Monday that security teams carried out coordinated searches across several prisons, seizing 651 mobile phones and 3…
IraqFrench footballer Paul Pogba posted a photo on social media showing a Palestinian child standing amid rubble in Gaza, expressing solidarity with the message "how can I no…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran's Foreign Ministry said Monday it will treat three Iranian pilots who went missing during a U.S.-targeted operation in Qatar as prisoners of …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has unveiled a strategic plan to raise tourism's share of gross domestic product to 10% by 2035, aiming to diversify its oil-dependent economy. The p…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Police in the Duhok Directorate of Public Safety detained six people for consuming alcohol in public on the summit of Mount Zawa above the city center, the …
BaghdadERBIL, Iraq — President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani condemned Monday's attacks on the office of Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the r…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Specialized units in Iraq's Anbar province recorded roughly 700 suspects in drug-related cases during the first eight months of the year, an investigating…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran cannot under any circumstances obtain nuclear weapons, reiterating his position in a po…
BaghdadANKARA, Türkiye — ANKARA — Iraq became the largest importer of Turkish cereals and pulses in the first seven months of 2026, with purchases of $855.9 million, according t…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iranian opposition groups based in the region have denied any military activity directed at Iranian territory fr…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that a suspect who killed a security officer and his wife during a robbery in the city of Kut has been arrested. The …
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — A 63-year-old patient died after falling from the second floor of Shar Hospital in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, while awaiting medical test…
