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Wife of Australian jailed in Baghdad says he’s been fined US$50m by Iraqi authorities

Australian engineer Robert Pether, who’s been behind bars for 19 months, has been served with papers demanding a huge sum of money.

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Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening. The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization…

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U.S. identifies American slain in Baghdad, questions remain

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has identified an American aid worker fatally shot in Baghdad as Stephen Edward Troell

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U.S. confirms American's death in Baghdad

A U.S. citizen has died in Baghdad, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, one day after police in Iraq said an American was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.

Reuters

Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack

Two police officials say assailants shot dead an American aid worker in Baghdad in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, The man was shot as he drove through the capital's central Karrada district on the east bank of the Tigris River but the…

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Officials: US Aid Worker Shot Dead in Baghdad in Rare Attack

Assailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot in his car as he entered the street where he lives in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on the east bank…

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US aid worker shot dead in front of wife and child in Baghdad

Iraq’s PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says a committee will investigate the killing

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Scot detained in Iraq jail waiting on 'permission note from Qatar bank' to be released

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, has been in jail for two months in Baghdad, after an Interpol request by Qatar.

Daily Record

U.S. citizen killed in central Baghdad -police sources

A U.S. citizen was killed on Monday in central Baghdad after a failed attempt to kidnap him, Iraqi police sources said.

Reuters

Baghdad, Washington Renew Commitment to Strategic Framework Agreement

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani received on Thursday a telephone call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who congratulated him on the October 27 formation of his government. During the call, both sides affirmed their mutual commitment to the US-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement signed in 2009 and underscored…

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Iraq landslide disaster throws spotlight on informal shrines

Baghdad (AFP) - When a landslide buried part of an Islamic shrine in Iraq this summer, killing eight pilgrims, sorrow quickly turned to anger because the site was run without oversight from state or religious authorities.

AFP

Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying

With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 climate talks in Egypt that he firmly intends to reach without flying.

Reuters

10 Killed, More than 20 Wounded in Baghdad Explosion

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources. The commander of security forces in Baghdad, Ahmad Salim, said in a statement that the explosion is “an accident and not an act of terrorism.” Earlier, security…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least nine dead and 10 wounded in Baghdad petrol tanker explosion

It is unclear whether the explosion was a technical failure or targeted attack

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Ten killed, more than 20 wounded in explosion in Baghdad

Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.

AFP

Iraq's new government unlikely to solve crises

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's parliament has approved the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after more than a year of political paralysis, but the war-ravaged country is far from reaching safe shores.

AFP

Iraq parliament approves new government after year of deadlock

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Thursday, a key step forward after bitter infighting between Shiite Muslim factions and deadly violence following contested elections.

France 24

New PM named in Iraq: Iraqis hope for change after year of political deadlock

After a year of political gridlock and instability, Iraq is finally on the verge of forming a government as Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani assembles his cabinet. But three years after a mass protest movement over corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services upended the country's political system, many…

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Iraq drought impacts potable water supply, crop yields: aid group

Baghdad (AFP) - In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday.

AFP

In Iraq, divorce rates soar even as stigma persists for women

Baghdad (AFP) - Just a year into her marriage, Manal became one of the tens of thousands of Iraqis every year who divorce in a deeply conservative nation where break-up rates have risen.

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Iraq’s New President Calls for Speedy Government Formation

Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government. "The Iraqi people expect a new government to be formed rapidly, and that it be efficient and united," Rashid said on his inauguration at the presidential…

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Iraq's new president calls for speedy government formation

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government.

AFP

Iraq's Sadrist camp refuses to join new government

Baghdad (AFP) - 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.

Irish Mirror

Wife of man in Iraq jail rallying hundreds of supporters to oppose new Iraqi embassy in Ireland

Desree Pether fears for her husband Robert, who has been locked up in Baghdad since April of last year

AFP

What's next as Iraq moves to end deadlock?

Baghdad (AFP) - 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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