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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Ali Falih al-Zaydi chaired a meeting of the High Committee for Million-Visitor Pilgrimages on Thu…
MüsennaSAMAWA, Iraq — Worshippers gathered in the streets and squares of Samawa on the seventh day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, to hold mourning p…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil defense teams in Nineveh brought a large fire that broke out across harvested farmland in and around the northern Mosul district of Talkayf under co…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Health has issued a ministerial order restructuring the leadership of Kimadia, the state company responsible for marketing medicines an…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Azam Coalition leader Mussanna Sameri met with several youth formations of his coalition in Baghdad to discuss ways to strengthen young people's role in d…
IraqRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia executed seven people in a single day, bringing the number of executions carried out since the start of 2026 to 100, the official Saud…
IraqBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Jorge Messi, father of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, has been discharged from hospital after his condition improved, Argentine journalis…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Most Arab stock exchanges closed lower in Tuesday's session, with selling pressure weighing on major stocks and sectors across the region. E…
IraqTrying local flavors is widely seen as a welcome part of experiencing a new culture while traveling, but foods of unknown composition or those prepared without proper hyg…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — LONDON — The International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced the launch of an operation to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Gaz e-Shimal Club, based in Kirkuk, has signed Syrian head coach Raefat Mohammed and his assistant staff for the new season of the Iraqi Stars League, the …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar branch of the Iraqi Contractors Union called on the Finance Ministry on Tuesday to release funds held in an account established for reconstructi…
ErbilCAIRO, Egypt — CAIRO — Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar, on Tuesday received Kurdistan Region Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Beshti…
IraqKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Research conducted at Kuwait's Dasman Diabetes Institute found that a diet completely free of table sugar produced unexpected negative effects on th…
BabilHezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said a project aimed at eliminating the group militarily, politically, culturally and socially has failed, according to rem…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Rashid Bank said on Tuesday it has enrolled more than 155,000 retirees in its "Aksat" installment service, expanding a program previously limited t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday that a US federal court issued a final and binding ruling in favor of Iraq, preserving $53 million in fund…
IraqFIFA named English referee Anthony Taylor to officiate the Iraq-Senegal match in the third week of the 2026 World Cup group stage, with England's Gary Beswick and Adam Nu…
BabilIsrael's plan to encourage Palestinians to leave Gaza has stalled because no country has agreed to accept them, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported, citing the Mossad inte…
IraqISTANBUL, Türkiye — MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is open to peace talks with Kyiv based on the agreements reached in Istanbul in 2022 and on the …
