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BAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Border Crossings Authority, Lt. Gen. Omar Adnan al-Waili, met with a delegation of lawmakers at the agency's headquarters to brief them…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two young men were killed in separate incidents in southern Iraq, security sources said. In the eastern part of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar province…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has opened master's degree applications for the 2026-2027 academic year exclusively to contract teachers working in night sch…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — A large oil tanker has begun unloading its cargo of imported gasoline at the Khor al-Zubair port in Basra, according to an official with Iraq's General Comp…
IraqPARIS, France — PARIS — Vivatech, one of Europe's largest technology and start-up fairs, opened in Paris on Wednesday with around 15,000 start-ups and technology companie…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices fell across Iraq's main wholesale and retail markets on Thursday, with the move coinciding with a slight pullback in the U.S. dollar against t…
IraqA 55-minute audio recording released by the U.S. Defense Department on June 12 as part of 71 newly declassified files captures a closed-door NASA meeting held after the 1…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Ministry said the number of cross-border truck and overland transit trips passing through Iraqi territory is expected to exceed 2,000 nex…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 20-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after shooting herself with her husband's firearm during a family dispute in the al-Shu'la neig…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Traffic Directorate said compliance with traffic rules has risen notably among motorcycle drivers since the completion of vehicle registrat…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — BERLIN — Germany has dispatched two navy vessels toward the Red Sea for a possible military mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A 22-year-old woman was seriously wounded after shooting herself with her husband's weapon following an argument in Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood, an Iraq…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A special ceremony was held Thursday in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to observe the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, the f…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Higher Judicial Council released marriage and divorce statistics for May 2026, reporting 29,419 marriage contracts and 5,829 divorce rulings regist…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq registered 30,000 marriage contracts in May, while more than 5,800 divorce cases were recorded during the same period, according to official data. Th…
IraqGENEVA, Switzerland — The Swiss Foreign Ministry said preliminary talks between the United States and Iran will be held Saturday at the Bürgenstock mountain resort. The m…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's national football team will take on France on Thursday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in their second group-stage match of the 2026 Wor…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — The second round of group-stage matches at the 2026 World Cup gets underway on Thursday with four fixtures across Groups A and B. The tournament, hosted a…
SulaymaniyahBAGHDAD, Iraq — The funeral of a young girl named Rukayya, who died in Iraq's Halabja, departed from the city on Saturday en route to Karbala, where she was later buried,…
IraqThe first round of group-stage matches at the 2026 World Cup has concluded, with several groups left tightly contested heading into the next matchdays. In Group A, Mexico…
