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ErbilSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's share of Iraq's total population stands at 14.4 percent, according to the results of a national census conducted by the federa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's monthly inflation rate rose 1.7 percent in April compared with March, according to data released by the Central Statistics Organization under the M…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — An Iraqi parliament member for Nineveh says work on a road asphalt project linking Mosul to Hammam al-Alyil and Shura has completely halted. Nadia Nasir Ja…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Region issued a statement Wednesday in response to remarks by Adnan Fincan Dulaimi, first deputy spea…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in Baghdad's local markets recorded updates on Tuesday, with 21-karat local gold selling at 910,000 dinars per miscal and buying at 905,000 di…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in local Iraqi markets held steady in Baghdad on Tuesday while rising in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. In Baghdad's wholesale m…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — BAGHDAD — Iraq's General Traffic Directorate is grappling with a significant imbalance between the country's growing number of vehicles and its road infra…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — A third case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been recorded in Nineveh province, according to the Nineveh Health Directorate. The patient is a 57-y…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Interior announced the total number of registered motor vehicles in the country has exceeded 7 million, raising concerns about traffic …
KARBALA, Iraq — The Iraqi Interior Ministry's General Traffic Directorate reported 65 traffic accidents recorded during the first half of the year, with a significant con…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders criticized American support for Israel and called for fundamental changes to U.S. Middle East policy during a spee…
IraqThe Iraqi Ministry of Interior confirmed that the number of registered vehicles in the country has exceeded 7 million. Most vehicles on the roads are private cars, accord…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Aziz Ahmed, the head of Rudaw Media Network's Baghdad bureau, was killed in a traffic accident on the Baghdad-Basra highway, according to reports. Ahmed, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A medical team at Baghdad's Medical City complex performed a bone marrow transplant on a 9-year-old girl being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, u…
IraqThe dollar exchange rate in Iraqi markets has shown volatile movement between rises and periods of stability, according to economists monitoring the situation. Experts sa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi parliamentarian Hiyam el-Yasiri has submitted a formal question to the Media and Communication Authority regarding mobile operators' internet packag…
MüsennaBAGHDAD, Iraq — BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament Education Committee announced plans to develop a comprehensive strategy addressing areas where literacy rates exceed 22 percen…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Families of Moroccan prisoners held in Iraqi jails are pressing the Moroccan and Iraqi governments to implement a transfer agreement signed in August, say…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological and Seismic Authority warned citizens on Tuesday that a heat wave is driving temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius across eight c…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, will compete at the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, but a recurring pattern in tournamen…
