World
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Region
10/16/2022 5:57:19 PM
Iraqi authorities are investigating the "theft" of $2.5 billion from the tax authority, officials said Sunday, in the latest corruption case to hit the country.
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World
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Region
10/15/2022 2:12:33 PM
Iraqi firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr's movement on Saturday announced its refusal to join a new government being formed by prime minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani.
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World
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Region
10/14/2022 7:00:02 PM
Iraqi lawmakers have elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in the hope of ending a year of political gridlock and deadly violence.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 6:52:05 PM
After trying to form a new government since elections last year, Iraq on Thursday succeeded in electing a new president.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 5:55:40 PM
Iraq's new President Abdul Latif Rashid is a veteran Kurdish politician and former water minister with valuable experience in navigating the fractious politics of Baghdad.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 5:37:05 PM
Iraqi lawmakers elected Abdel Latif Rashid as new state president Thursday in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation.
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World
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Region
10/13/2022 4:32:46 PM
At least nine rockets targeted Iraq's parliament inside the heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday ahead of a much-anticipated session to resolve a political crisis, Iraq's military said.
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World
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Region
10/11/2022 6:49:36 PM
Iraq's parliament will meet Thursday to "elect the president", speaker Mohammed al-Halbussi's office said, in a surprise move seen at trying to end months of political impasse.
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Egypt
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Defence
10/11/2022 2:10:21 PM
Hamed Abdullah, the commander of the Iraqi border guards, expressed his country’s desire to promote cooperation with the Egyptian military production ministry to benefit from its expertise in all manufacturing fields.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/10/2022 6:23:40 PM
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.
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World
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Region
10/9/2022 10:56:08 AM
Growing up under a repressive system, Sharo, a 35-year-old university graduate, never thought she would hear words of open rebellion spoken out loud. Now she herself chants slogans like ``Death to the Dictator!'' with a fury she didn't know she had, as she joins protests calling for toppling the country's rulers.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
10/8/2022 6:27:16 PM
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World
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Region
10/8/2022 12:38:38 PM
A year since Iraq's last elections, it remains without not only a new government but a budget too, obstructing much-needed reforms and infrastructure projects in the oil-rich but war-ravaged country.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
10/7/2022 4:36:11 PM
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World
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Region
10/7/2022 4:27:05 PM
One person was killed and four others, two women and two children, were injured when a bomb exploded Friday in the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, counter-terrorism forces said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
10/7/2022 2:18:00 PM
Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has a lot to worry about. He has created a mass movement only to turn out he is lacking the edge.
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COP27
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Focus
10/5/2022 2:36:35 PM
As the sun beats down on Iraq, most people swelter in their concrete homes -- but not the inhabitants of one mountain town known for its ancient and cool stone houses.
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World
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Region
10/5/2022 12:22:45 PM
Iranian schoolgirls have come to the fore in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
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World
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Region
10/2/2022 2:51:18 PM
The ministry usually refers to killed militants as ``neutralized.'' It said the number of casualties in the mission in the Asos region of northern Iraq, which is controlled by the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, was expected to rise.
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World
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Region
10/1/2022 1:01:30 PM
Scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces injuring dozens as thousands gathered Saturday in Iraq's capital to mark three years since nationwide demonstrations erupted against endemic corruption.
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