The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Iraq's Electricity Ministry says the country will face power shortages after crucial energy supplies from Iran were cut over non-payment

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, also known as "nose-bleed fever" has infected more than 100 people in an escalating outbreak.

Iraq’s worst-ever detected outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is causes people to bleed to death as officials struggle to contain the virus

Campaigners against flight say Kurdish Iraqis had endured ‘unnecessary torture in pursuit of headlines’

Outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi slammed on Monday the scourge of drugs in Iraq. During a meeting with senior security leaders in Iraq on Monday, he said the phenomenon has for years raised deep popular and official concerns given its rapid spread in the country, especially in southern governorates. Addressing…

Five rockets on Monday targeted an Iraqi military base hosting troops from an international anti-extremist coalition without causing deaths or damage, a military official said. A coalition source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said five rockets struck the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar province, according to initial reports. "Iraqi security…

Calls have mounted in Iraq to dissolve the parliament as a way to end the political impasse in the country that has stretched on for seven months. Iraq held parliamentary elections in October 2021 with no party being able to reap a majority of bloc, which has consequently led to…

Foreign Office warns against all travel to the country where Islamic State is still a threat

Iraq’s Sadrists, the biggest grouping in parliament, have been unable to form a government since October’s elections.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi affirmed that strengthening the partnership with regional countries will boost regional integration and enhance the ability to confront common environmental challenges. Kadhimi received the Iranian Vice President and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization, Ali Salajegheh, visiting Baghdad. The PM said that the historical relations…

Four people were killed and at least eight people, including foreign workers, were injured after a building that housed a restaurant collapsed Sunday morning in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, medical and security sources told AFP. A Civil Defense source told the news agency that the two-story building collapsed as…