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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry said drilling began on Saturday on a new exploration well in the Amirli district of Salahaddin province, the first petroleum drilling …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — US intelligence agencies have reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may take steps to undermine President Donald Trump's eff…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Eleven tankers carrying a combined 20 million barrels of Iranian oil departed from Chabahar Port this week, Bloomberg reported. The agency provided figures …
IraqMOSCOW — Russian scientists have successfully grown 21 plant species and 235 varieties of vegetables and melons in enclosed, controlled greenhouse units at the Vostok sta…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Residents of Mosul's Al-Muthanna Second district held a protest on Friday calling for the lifting of a construction ban on their land plots, saying the re…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Reconstruction and Development Coalition, aligned with former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, issued a written statement rejecting claims tha…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad have concluded that a university student who reported being kidnapped on his way to an exam fabricated the story, the Rusafa Police Comm…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Ali Falih ez-al-Ali ez-al-Zeydi is reportedly preparing a comprehensive list of personnel changes affecting more than 100 senior officials …
IraqA study published in the journal Nature reports that parts of a mouse brain can be pushed into a sleep-like state while the animal remains awake. Researchers used genetic…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Communications, Mustafa Sind, announced on Tuesday that the country has cut internet transit fees on traffic passing through its networ…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A former landfill near the Heciye River in Baquba, the capital of Diyala province east of Baghdad, has been converted into a multi-purpose sports facility …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — River police in Nineveh province recovered the body of a young man from the Tigris River bed in eastern Mosul, a police source said. The body was located ne…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry said Friday afternoon that a ceasefire agreement with the United States was signed electronically and that a meeting planned for Fr…
IraqCANBERRA, Australia — Australia has recorded its first suspected case of H5N1 bird flu, detected in a migratory wild bird in the state of Western Australia, Agriculture, …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry said Friday that a meeting planned for Switzerland that day has been postponed to a later date. The ministry said the in-person gat…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Ports Commission has reached an agreement for forces affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to withdraw from checkpoints and …
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — FIFA has appointed Canadian referee Drew Fischer to officiate the Iraq-France group-stage match at the 2026 World Cup, the federation announced. The fixtu…
IraqBEIRUT, Lebanon — BEIRUT — Hezbollah announced it would abide by the ceasefire that took effect at 13:00 GMT (16:00 local time), according to Reuters. The group's sources…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Meteorological and Seismological Organization has begun publishing a weekly climate map that compares current temperatures with historical averages…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — Iraq's national football team is continuing preparations at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia for its 2026 World Cup Group F match against France, sc…
