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Iraq to allow trade with China in yuan

Iraq's central bank said on Wednesday it planned to allow trade from China to be settled directly in yuan for the first time, in...

Turkey’s push into Iraq risks deeper conflict

Looming over the deserted village of Sararo in northern Iraq, three Turkish military outposts break the skyline, part of an incursion that forced the...

Iraq MPs in new bid to elect president, end deadlock

BAGHDAD: Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a new state president and break...

Iraq’s Moqtada al-Sadr calls on supporters to end Baghdad protests

Iraq's powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to end their protests in central Baghdad on Tuesday and apologised to Iraqis after 22 people...

Deadly clashes rage in Iraq amid power struggle

Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing almost 20 people on Monday, after powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists...

Moqtada al-Sadr quits politics

Two people were killed in Baghdad on Monday after a decision by Iraq's powerful  Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to quit politics over a political...

China cements influence in Iraq through oil, infrastructure deals

BAGHDAD: China has gained a major foothold in oil-rich Iraq, shaking up Western domination in fields from energy to construction, even as some warn...

Two more bodies pulled from Iraq shrine after landslide: rescuers

KARBALA: Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the...

Landslide hits Shi’ite shrine in Iraq, killing at least four

At least four people were killed after a landslide demolished a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the central Iraqi province of Kerbala, the health ministry...

Protesters breach Baghdad Green Zone, occupy Parliament

BAGHDAD: Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday stormed the parliament building inside Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" for the second time...

Iraq, Kurdistan choose ‘dialogue’ to ease oil dispute

BAGHDAD: The federal government in Baghdad and the  autonomous Kurdish region pledged Saturday to "increase dialogue" to ease a simmering oil dispute that has...

Moqtada al-Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

Populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr went from a mercurial outlaw wanted dead or alive during the US occupation to a kingmaker in politics before...

Lake Hamrin: Key Iraq irrigation reservoir close to drying out

HAMRIN: Iraq's Lake Hamrin, a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province, has nearly...

Viral: Former U.S President George W. Bush’s ironic slip of tongue

Texas: The video of an ironic slip of the tongue of former U.S president George W. Bush has gone viral over the internet.  According to...

Iraq yet again hit by dust storm

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust...

Moqtada Sadr: Iraq’s political, religious force

When he raises his index finger and frowns, Iraq holds its breath: the mercurial cleric Moqtada Sadr has yet again emerged as kingmaker following...

Iraqis show little enthusiasm for parliamentary election

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliamentary election on Sunday drew one of the smallest turnouts for years, electoral officials indicated, with the low participation suggesting dwindling trust...

Unrest in Afghanistan effects Iraq & only solution is talks: Dr Fuad Hussein

ISLAMABAD: Unrest in the region effects Iraq as well and we have reservations over what is happening in Afghanistan, said Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr...

Joe Biden announces to end US combat mission in Iraq

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday sealed an agreement formally ending the US combat mission in Iraq...

At least 44 killed, 67 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq

NASSIRIYA: At least 44 people were killed and over 67 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus...
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