The Kurdistan Region’s finance minister struck an optimistic tone after meeting with Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Friday to discuss budget amendments and salary payments for Kurdistan Region’s civil servants,

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces to exit the country, multiple Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press.

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Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition.

As devastating wildfires fanned by powerful winds ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025, a video of a street shrouded in smoke was shared in social media posts with a false claim that it was filmed in the United States' second-biggest city.

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic importance of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly affirmed Thursday the Egyptian-Iraqi unified stance in firmly rejecting any measures that could lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians to neighbouring countries.

Iraqi grocery store owner Abu Amjad al-Zubaidi is grappling with asthma, a condition his doctor blames on emissions from a nearby power plant that fills his Baghdad neighbourhood with noxious smoke. But I don't smoke,

Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is in ongoing meetings with Iraq’s finance ministry to discuss budget issues and oil exports, with the two set to meet again on Friday.

The Kurdish Prime Minister urged inclusion in Kirkuk’s oil and gas redevelopment talks between Baghdad and BP. Historical tensions persist over the resource-rich region, with calls for a trilateral meeting to ensure constitutional compliance.

Half a century after her death, Umm Kulthum's singular voice still echoes through busy streets in Egypt, across time-worn cafes in Iraq, and in millions of homes from Morocco to Oman.