Robert Pether and his colleague Khaled Zhagoul are in a Baghdad jail, after a contract to build a new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq turned sour. A UN report has said they are being arbitra …
LGBTI in Iraq: Defending Identity in the Face of Harassment, Stigma and Death
The campaign of harassment of members of the LGBTI community in Iraq condemns the majority to a life of isolation to avoid arrest, torture, and murder …
Turkey denies that its bombings in Iraq and Syria could affect US-led international coalition
The Turkish government denied Friday that its bombing raids against Kurdish groups in northern Iraq and Syria could cause damage to U.S.-led international coalition forces, after the Pentagon said its …
Iraqi farmers driven to suicide as drought steals livelihoods
Farmers are abandoning their famous amber rice as Iraq grows hotter and drier with climate change, risking more hunger and unrest.
Salt, drought decimate buffaloes in Iraq’s southern marshes
Iraq’s water buffaloes are suffering from dire water shortages in the country’s iconic southern marshes CHIBAYISH, Iraq — Abbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still,
Anti-terror operations in N Iraq aim to defend natl. security
It said Iran has shared “irrefutable evidence and credible information” with the central government in Iraq and authorities from the Kurdistan Region about the use of the Arab country’s territory by terrorist and separatist groups to “plan …
Iran Has Inherent Right to Self-Defense, UN Mission Says after Attacks on KRG-Based Terrorists
Following the recent IRGC attacks on the positions of terrorist groups in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iran’s mission to the UN said the country has no choice but to exercise its inherent right to …
‘Heist of the century’: Iraq finance ministry loses $2.5bn in tax fraud
Baghdad’s finance ministry has found that $2.5 billion in revenue has been embezzled from the tax commission’s accounts in what Iraqi media have called the “heist of the century”. Judicial authorities …
Iraqi who fled homeland for helping US in Iraq caught raiding family home with knives
An asylum seeker who claimed he faces ‘revenge attacks’ after working for USA security in Iraq has been locked up three years after he fled to the UK. Iraqi national Shakhawan Hussain said his family …
Iraq’s SOMO says an OPEC+ oil output increase has not been discussed
The head of Iraq’s state oil marketer SOMO told Reuters on Tuesday there have been no discussions about OPEC+ deciding on a production increase at its next meeting.