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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.

Al Jazeera

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

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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.

WEKU

'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

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'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

Against the stream: Iraq artist battles to save boating tradition

Baghdad (AFP) - Young Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the Tigris river in Baghdad, celebrating an ancient nautical heritage in the now drought-stricken country.

AFP

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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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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

AFP

Iraq to resume Kurdish oil exports to Turkey Saturday: statement

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's oil minister said Thursday that crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region to Turkey would resume on Saturday, hours after a deal was finalised following years of dispute.

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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Iraq court sentences to death killer of academic Hisham al-Hashemi

Baghdad (AFP) - An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a former policeman convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham al-Hashemi, whose murder in 2020 sparked condemnation in Iraq and abroad.

Reuters

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

AFP

Exhausted Iraqis evacuated from Sudan back in Baghdad

Baghdad (AFP) - More than 200 exhausted Iraqis evacuated from Sudan flew back to Baghdad on Thursday, with one saying he hadn't seen the sun in 10 days because of the fighting.

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

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