ALTHOUGH religious leaders had failed in spring 2003 to dissuade the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, from pursuing military action to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, they continued to lobby to curb ...

Iraq's parliament ammended a law protecting girls against child marriage, now allowing brides as young as 9 years old.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani is working on Elizabeth Tsurkov's release, the Iraqi foreign minister says ...

The exchange rate for the US dollar compared to the Iraqi dinar remained steady on Thursday in Baghdad and Erbil.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Thursday that Erbil must be included in the ongoing negotiations over a major deal between Baghdad and British ...

Born in Baghdad, former track and field champion Aviva Ballas was one of Israel's top runners in the early 1970s. From her home in Switzerland, she recalls the stroke of luck that saved her from ...

The prolonged shutdown of Kurdistan’s oil pipeline, coupled with a delayed parliamentary vote on production costs, has cost Iraq $25 billion in lost revenue, highlighting the high stakes of political ...

While this Polish group only just formed in 2023, they have an established sound that reverberates beyond those years. It points to their sense of mutual understanding and shared love for a dynamic ...

Kurdish PM asserts that any BP deal for Kirkuk oil fields in Iraq must involve Kurdish region, highlighting ongoing tensions with the central government.

Control over oil and gas has long been a source of tension between Baghdad and the Kurds, with Kirkuk - a region rich in hydrocarbons - at the centre of the dispute ...

The Kurdish Prime Minister urged inclusion in Kirkuk’s oil and gas redevelopment talks between Baghdad and BP. Historical ...

Baghdad and BP's negotiations over a major deal to redevelop Kirkuk's oil and gas fields must include Iraq's semi-autonomous ...