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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq will face Senegal on Friday at BMO Field in Toronto in a 2026 World Cup group-stage match between two sides already eliminated from advancing. Iraq e…
IraqEuropean natural gas prices edged higher on Friday after an attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, reviving concerns about maritime security along the strategic …
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry said Friday that Gulf Cooperation Council member states should uphold the principle of good neighborly relations and reconsider the…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — Mourners gathered at the shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas in Karbala to observe the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his comp…
IraqShip-tracking data showed that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued normally on Friday, a day after an attack on a vessel in the waterway. According to…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Iran's Hatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters described movements of Israeli warplanes in neighboring countries as a "serious action" and a new thre…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudayr said on Friday that fuel products have been supplied to visitors and service convoys in Karbala for the Ashura …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have made differing public statements in the past week over a p…
IraqAs summer temperatures climb, medical experts are warning that heatstroke can lead to seizures, organ failure, coma and, in some cases, death. The condition occurs when t…
IraqCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said the death toll from the June 24 earthquake has risen to 235, with more than 4,000 people injured. He…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said Friday that reducing the level of nuclear material enrichment in Iran o…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — A video circulating on Iraqi digital platforms, claimed to show conditions inside the Oil Ministry, has been verified as archival footage from previous go…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's authority overseeing the Strait of Hormuz announced Thursday evening that vessels transiting outside routes designated by the body will not be guara…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's public salary scale has long been among the most debated issues in national discourse, with sharp pay disparities between civil servants of the sam…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — TORONTO — Iraq's national team head coach Graham Arnold said his side will take the field against Senegal with nothing to lose, speaking at a pre-match pr…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — African governments are rolling out early warning systems and adaptation measures as temperatures across the continent reach new highs, with West Africa and…
KarbalaKARBALA, Iraq — A representative of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said mourning tents in Karbala have begun early preparations for the annual Ashura pilgrimage, providing…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — The director of Najaf's Environment Directorate, Jamal Abd Zaid Shilaka, said all official and unofficial institutions responsible for environmental pollu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Governorate said work on the remaining sections of the Baghdad-Mosul entry road development project has been suspended because of insufficient…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, said in a statement on Tuesday that anyone who consented to, cooperated in, or remained silent about t…
