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Iraq bans Telegram and alleges infringement of personal data

The Telegram messaging app has been blocked in Iraq, according to the country's telecoms ministry, due to concerns about national security and to protect...

Iraq offers to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine

Dmitro Kuleba, the foreign minister for Ukraine, visited Iraq today for the first time since the war began in an effort to secure diplomatic...

Russia beat Iraq in first home match

On Sunday, Russia defeated Iraq 2-0 in their first home match since the former's invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA, the regional and international governing organizations...

Guterres assures UN support to Iraq

For the first time in six years, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Iraq to show his support for the populace, the new administration,...

Iraqis protest father’s murder of YouTube star

Demonstrators carried signs that read "stop killing women" and "Tiba's killer must be held to account." Days after a YouTuber was strangled to death by...

Iraq deadly stampede kills two, injured 80

The Palm Trunk Stadium stampede in Basra resulted in two fatalities and about 80 injuries, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry. Before the game even...

There should be no more Middle East exception in US policy

Arab public opinion of the US is low because of its hypocrisy over the issue of democracy. It is time to change that. Much has...

Iraq prime minister al-Sudani defends continued US military presence in country

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says foreign forces are still needed in a training capacity to combat ISIL(ISIL) in his first interview as an...

Iraq: Nine police die in bomb attack and gun attack

An explosion and gunfire attack in northern Iraq claimed the lives of at least nine police officers. On Sunday, the attack occurred close to the...

Iraqi activist imprisoned for ‘insulting’ an Iran-backed militia force in a tweet

In Iraq, an activist has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly insulting an Iran-backed paramilitary force in a tweet. Haidar al-Zaidi, 20,...

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