Iraq's parliament elected Sunni Muslim lawmaker Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker at its opening session on Monday following ...

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an ...

Iraq faces a severe winter wave with heavy snow in Kurdistan, freezing temperatures in Baghdad, and dense fog affecting ...

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances ...

Iraqi authorities arrest 17 men after a video of a New Year's Eve assault on a woman in Basra went viral, sparking outrage over gender-based violence.

Iraq starts 2026 with a difficult combination of political upheaval, ambitious development goals, and ongoing security, ...

The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, helping create the country’s worst ...

Unforseen circumstances' lead to sudden cutoff of Iranian gas shipments, severely affecting Iraq's ability to provide ...

Iraq's new parliament elected a senior figure from the Sunni Taqadom party as its speaker Monday, the first session since ...

An Iraqi water ministry official said on Thursday that the government is planning to construct 50 new dams and water barriers ...

Baghdad — Monday marks 20 years since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Twenty years since U.S. airstrikes and cruise missiles lit up the night skies over Baghdad in an opening salvo of ...

Baghdad — Seeing your first dead body can be deeply upsetting. Seeing somebody actually die in front of you leaves a scar on the soul. It was a blisteringly hot August afternoon in 2003 when a huge ...