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IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Construction, Housing and Municipalities has rejected a lawmaker's claim that one of its senior officials has ties to terrorist organiz…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Strategic Center for Human Rights, based in Baghdad, said on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that Iraq is among th…
IraqIranian parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Switzerland on Saturday to join talks with the Un…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that it has released the financing needed to pay public-sector employees' salaries for the current month. T…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — Iran's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that an Iranian delegation will travel to Switzerland to monitor implementation of US commitments under …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said 17 people were detained in the western city of Ilam on charges of running and belonging to an external-linked “destructiv…
IraqIsrael's Health Ministry said a traveler who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been placed in isolation at Rambam Hospital in Haifa on suspicion of E…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Directorate has taken over the management of external control points and transit routes connecting Mosul to other cities, according…
BaghdadTUZKHURMATU, Iraq — A large fire broke out Saturday evening in an open area near a power plant in Tuzhurmatu district in eastern Saladin province, according to local sour…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi and US Presidential Special Envoy Tom Barrack signed a broad strategic agreement in mid-June 2026 aim…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The annual Summer Fair opened in Erbil on Tuesday, drawing 125 companies, including 50 firms from Egypt and other Arab countries alongside local businesses …
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Ghalib Mohammed Ali called on Saturday on the federal government and the Federal Commission of Integrity to open an urgent and official inv…
MüsennaERBIL, Iraq — The Kurdistan Greens Party has launched an environmental initiative calling on political parties and civil society organizations in the Kurdistan Region to …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Security forces arrested a man within 24 hours after he fatally shot his neighbor and wounded his father in a dispute over a water hose in central Basra, a …
IraqPARIS, France — PARIS — France will hold an emergency meeting on Monday as an extreme heatwave sweeps across France, Germany and Italy, prompting authorities to activate …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Hatam Anbia Central Headquarters, operating under the General Staff of the Armed Forces, announced on Tuesday that the Strait of Hormuz has been clo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament opened fire on workers carrying out renovation work at the Hisna Mosque in the central Baghdad district of Kharkh on Tuesday…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi parliament member Muhtar al-Musavi said he has formally submitted to Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi's government a proposal to make Tel Afar, a distric…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A court security officer has been suspended and is under investigation after a fight broke out inside the Kirkuk courthouse. Authorities said the officer b…
SaladinWASHINGTON, United States — A memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran on June 17 has revived debate over Iranian funds frozen abroad. Articl…
