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.
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala’s provincial council elected Jawdat Kadem Hassan as director of the Jubaynah al-Jawl subdistrict and Abdulmuhsin Sa’dun al-Rubai as director of the…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Diyala Provincial Council has removed two committee chairpersons as part of an ongoing investigation, local sources said. The council stripped Derya H…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A state hospital in the Hawijah district of Kirkuk successfully delivered triplets via emergency cesarean section, the facility's director said. The eight-…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Land Transport Company, affiliated with the Ministry of Transport, announced on Sunday, August 16, 2026, the launch of the first internatio…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) will hold a leadership-level meeting soon to discuss reactivating the…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Security forces in Iraq's Diyala province have arrested eight people accused of running a blackmail network, a local security source said. The group, made …
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq carried out a wide-ranging reshuffle of senior commanders within the Interior Ministry and the Federal Police, security sources said. The moves are p…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The governor of Iran's central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, traveled to Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit focused on economic and trade cooperation bet…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Salah al-Kasab, an Iraqi theatre director and academic recognized as a pioneer of the visual theatre movement, has died at the age of 81 following a long …
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Trump administration established a secret communication channel with Iran's Revolutionary Guards to overcome difficulties in nuclear talks, and Kurdish …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A fire broke out on Thursday at the roof eaves of Fayaz Hospital in central Basra, prompting an evacuation of patients and medical staff, local authorities …
IraqNorwegian authorities have fined a man 50,000 Norwegian kroner for waking a sleeping polar bear on the Svalbard archipelago by sounding a ship's foghorn. The incident occ…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry has shut down 900 commercial buildings so far in 2026 for violating civil-defense regulations, an official said, as part of a cam…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Council of Representatives is preparing to move three economic draft laws through the legislature, covering associated gas, solar energy and a firs…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Qi Card electronic payment system stopped functioning at state-owned fuel stations across Iraq on Thursday due to a technical fault, government source…
IraqEarth's capacity to reflect solar radiation has dropped measurably over the past two decades, with scientists linking the trend to reduced cloud cover and rising temperat…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission said searches at several residences of Khalid Ghazai Attia, an assistant undersecretary in the Ministry of Electricity…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission said anti-corruption investigators seized approximately 9 billion Iraqi dinars in cash and gold during raids on the re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of civil servants staged a protest outside the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Baghdad, demanding the reversal of a governm…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anbar Governor Omar Mahshan Dabbus said water is being released into Lake Habbaniyah at a rate of 50 cubic meters per second to raise the lake's water lev…
