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ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources has authorized gasoline imports to address a supply shortfall and curb rising fuel prices …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Petroleum Products Organization has dismissed reports that kerosene distributed free of charge to households for use in generators is of poor quali…
IraqA British surgeon, Karan Rajan, said in a social media video that some frozen and canned fruits and vegetables can retain higher levels of certain nutrients than fresh pr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi military intelligence said security forces arrested a drug dealer in possession of 14,000 Captagon pills during an operation in the capital, Baghdad…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi meteorologist has warned that plastic water bottles left in the sun pose a public health risk by releasing microplastic particles into the water.…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid said there is an opportunity to build a regional security framework covering neighboring states, with Iraq positioned t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Finance and Economy has rejected media reports that its delegation asked Baghdad to postpone the disbursement of June s…
SaladinSALAHADDIN, Iraq — River police in Saladin province recovered the body of a child who drowned in the Tigris River after hours of search operations, a source with the Sala…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad municipality is pressing ahead with strategic projects to expand the city's wastewater treatment capacity, the municipality's general secretary, A…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi critic and translator Abdulhadi Saadun has been named the 11th recipient of the Martielo Ries International Translation Award, granted by the Madrid…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The Sun reported that England’s national football team players may take medication containing sildenafil to help their bodies adjust to playing at the Azt…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The 2026 World Cup round of 16 begins Saturday with two matches. Morocco, which advanced past the Netherlands on penalties, faces Canada in Houston in the…
IraqFormer Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has confirmed he was approached by the German Football Federation (DFB) about the Germany national team head coach role following Ju…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice released 640 prisoners in June 2026 through the Iraqi Reform Directorate, according to a ministry statement. Of those released,…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council announced that Judge Ali Hussein Jawdat, head of the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation, received the R…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government said over the weekend that it has not received its share of revenue from three main border crossings, even as May collecti…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — The military spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, Yahya Saree, said Saudi warplanes attempted to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing at Sanaa airpo…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — An armed group abducted a young man on Saturday in the outskirts of Altun Kupri district in northern Kirkuk and fled toward an unknown destination, securit…
IraqResearchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia have found that regular physical activity can help smokers quit and reduce nicotine cravings. The study pooled resu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate of Meteorology said on Friday that hot and sunny conditions will continue across the country, with some cloud cover expected in…
