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Algeria will be without forward Mohamed Amine Amoura for Tuesday's 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff against Jordan after the VfL Wolfsburg striker suffered a hamstring injury …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya has become the first Arab club to have more than one of its players score at a FIFA World Cup, with Aymen Hussein finding the net…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's national football team left a handwritten message in the dressing room at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles after drawing 0-0 with Belgium in their secon…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Justice Minister Khaled Shawani has ordered a comprehensive rotation of notaries working in all enforcement offices in Baghdad, the Ministry of Justice sa…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — The governor of Mosul, Abdulqadir al-Dahil, said authorities have begun a field campaign against illegal electricity connections and losses in the city's po…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — BERLIN — Representatives of the Iraqi diaspora in Germany have formally appealed to Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and the Iraqi parliament's Foreign…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Joint Operations Command said on Sunday that airstrikes destroyed two hideouts used by ISIS in western Anbar province. The command said the sites w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Integrity Commission has called for expanded international cooperation with the United Kingdom to recover public funds smuggled abroad and …
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Joint Operations deputy commander and head of the Million-Visitor Higher Security Committee, Lt. Gen. Qais al-Muhammadawi, has ordered an intensifi…
DiyalaBAQUBAH, Iraq — Wounded members of Iraq's security forces staged a protest outside the provincial council building in Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, demanding t…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Monday laid the foundation for the Barzani Mosque in Erbil, launching a project developed over roughly th…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — PHILADELPHIA — The 2026 World Cup Group E match between Iraq and France at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia was temporarily halted early on Tuesday…
IraqKINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen to 1,003, with the death toll climbing to 254, accor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A field study conducted in New York found that a fan attending a 2026 World Cup group-stage match between Morocco and Brazil would spend a total of $1,847…
IraqBRUSSELS — An Iraqi-origin member of the European Parliament said she felt unsafe in the chamber following a vote on legislation to accelerate the deportation of irregula…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani will make an official visit to Washington in mid-July, his first formal foreign trip since taking office, go…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open," saying more oil is now transiting the waterway than before. "The Strait of…
TEHRAN, Iran — The funeral commission for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has outlined mourning and burial arrangements, saying farewell ceremonies will begin on Satur…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said 48 local and international human trafficking networks were dismantled in 2026 as part of nationwide operations carried out b…
IraqGENEVA — Iran's negotiating delegation has left Switzerland following 18 hours of intensive talks in Geneva, Iranian state television reported. The team, which arrived in…
