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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's automotive market contracted sharply in the first quarter of 2026, with new vehicle sales falling 34.3 percent to 30,838 units from 46,953 in the s…
IraqGlobal spending on nuclear weapons by nine nuclear-armed states reached $119 billion in 2025, according to a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority said work is ongoing to complete the technical and administrative requirements needed to open Mosul International Airport.…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Hezbollah said Tuesday that Iran's missile attack on Israel was carried out to defend the Lebanese people. The group called on Lebanese authorities to mend…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has prepared three files for discussion during his upcoming visit to Washington, Radio Monte Carlo reported T…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iran Football Federation announced that its designated share of World Cup group match tickets in the United States has been cancelled. The federation …
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — A bus collided with a truck on an international highway in Dhi Qar province on Saturday, killing more than 20 people and injuring at least 17 others, offi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Baghdad court has ordered former Iraqi Red Crescent Secretary-General Jamal Nasir Karboli to return $4.5 million to the organization's budget, citing fi…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — A parliament member from Diyala province has become the subject of political controversy after her husband was appointed to lead a major local hospital, w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Baghdad court has ordered former parliamentarian Jamal Nasir Deli Karbouli to pay $4.5 million in compensation for financial violations committed while …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry announced Tuesday a strategic development package aimed at boosting national refinery capacity to meet rising domestic fuel demand and…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Finance Minister Felah Sari has ordered the withdrawal of insult and defamation lawsuits the ministry had previously filed against former general ma…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Nineveh Technical University has received approval to establish a master's-level Institute of Health Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, according t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kerbela Provincial Council called on the Ministry of Interior on Tuesday to cancel traffic fines issued to drivers due to errors in the electronic mon…
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…
