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Iraq, Qatar agree to boost economic, energy cooperation during emir's visit to Baghdad

Qatar and Iraq have inked a series of economic and energy deals during a visit to Baghdad by the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

The Independent UK

Assassin’s Creed Mirage hands-off preview: putting the assassin back into Assassin’s Creed

Assassin's Creed Mirage scratches that classic series itch while respecting your time and placing you into a beautiful location

Daily Mirror

Iraq approves record $153bn budget aimed at creating jobs

Iraq passes its largest budget till date aimed at creating public sector jobs and build war-damaged infrastructure.

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Iraq’s central bank to blame for dispute behind jailing of Australian Robert Pether, tribunal finds

Engineer’s family says International Court of Arbitration decision strengthens the case for freeing him

The Guardian - AU

Iraq and Syria discuss tackling cross-border drug trade

Iraq and Syria's foreign ministers discussed ways to help end drug trafficking across their joint border at a meeting in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

Reuters

Assassin's Creed Mirage release date, gameplay and trailers

Assassin's Creed Mirage's release date has been revealed. Here's everything we know about the game so far.

TechRadar

The U.S. told them terrorists killed their brother. It was a lie they held for years

In 2004, a U.S. general told the family of an Iraqi interpreter that insurgents killed their brother. The truth was more painful: He was mistakenly killed by Americans he had risked his life to help.

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'Al-Qaeda tried to kidnap me in Iraq' - ex-Royal Marine reveals terror snatch bid

Lee West has shared his memories form a 17-year career as an elite Royal Marines commando including the moment he was nearly taken prisoner by terrorists in Baghdad

Daily Mirror

In Iraq

A hundred years ago, the Euphrates burst for several miles the bund forty miles Northwest of Baghdad and inundated fortyfive thousand acres of cultivated land with crops

The Hindu

'Assassin’s Creed Mirage' Will Put Players in a “Predatory Mindset”

'Assassin's Creed Mirage' is a feast for the ears that puts players in the mindset of a predator.

Inverse

Duchess Sophie's historic trip to Iraq overshadowed by tragedy

Duchess Sophie's historic trip to Baghdad in Iraq has been overshadowed by a tragedy back in the UK

Woman & Home

Sophie Wessex makes secret trip to Iraq for cause that's taken her to 'dark places'

It has been revealed that the Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie, has made a surprise visit to Iraq at the request of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where she spent two days in the capital Baghdad

Daily Mirror

Sophie makes surprise trip to Iraq to champion survivors of sexual violence

The duchess has spent two days in the capital, Baghdad, at the request of the Foreign Office.

The Independent UK

Baghdad gets make-over as repairs kindle guarded optimism

Living in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk along a mud and dirt track to get to his home, where he would struggle to get fresh water to flow and waste-water to flush through rickety pipes.

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Al Jazeera

Iran summons Iraq envoy to protest presence of ‘terrorist groups’

Tehran is not content with how its recent security pact with Baghdad is being implemented.

The Guardian - UK

Baghdad’s young people battle to build happier future – picture essay

For a generation of young Iraqis who have grown up knowing only war, life is not easy. Across Baghdad, young adults and teenagers fight to realise their ambitions but many face challenges

Al Jazeera

Iraq court issues death sentence to al-Hashimi’s killer

A police officer involved in the murder of the prominent academic and security expert has been sentenced to death.

Reuters

Iraqi court sentences police officer to death for murder of government adviser

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a police officer blamed for leading a group that gunned down well-known analyst and government adviser Hisham al-Hashemi three years ago in Baghdad.

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Belgium arrests suspected al Qaeda member over Iraq attacks

Belgian police have arrested a suspect of Iraqi nationality on suspicion of having taking part in a series of bombings in Baghdad as part of an al Qaeda cell, the federal prosecutor said in a statement on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudani Says Relations with Arab World Have Reached their Best

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani announced that his country’s relations with brotherly Arab countries “have reached their best through mutual respect and respect for the sovereignty of the Iraqi state.” On Wednesday, Sudani met with representatives of a number of oil companies operating in Iraq, and attended the launch…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq, Italy Discuss Joint Military Cooperation

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto discussed in Baghdad on Tuesday strengthening their bilateral relations and security and political cooperation. Sudani praised Italy's role in combating terrorism and the ISIS extremist group through the US-led international coalition and in training Iraqi security forces within…

The Guardian - UK

Bringing football home to Iraq could represent a return to global stage

The last time a World Cup qualifier was hosted in Baghdad was in 2001 but their Gulf Cup success represents a chance to show Iraq is ready to stage matches

The Guardian - AU

Company emails at odds with evidence used to jail Australian engineer Robert Pether in Iraq

Revealed: documents prompt fresh calls for Pether’s release, amid separate claims that a biased translator was used in court case

Asharq Al-Awsat

Qais Al-Khazali: Saddam Hussein’s DNA Analysis Proved His Indian Origins

Qais al-Khazali, the secretary-general of the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement in Iraq, stated that a DNA analysis of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has proven that he is of Indian origin. Al-Khazali, in a sermon marking the Eid Al-Fitr holiday on Saturday in Baghdad, delivered a blistering attack on what…

The Independent UK

Iraq's years of carnage still engrained in Baghdad streets

Associated Press photographer Hadi Mizban has covered 20 years of turmoil since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

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