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July 5, 2020 at 2:30 am

Rocket fired toward US Embassy in Iraq injures child

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi military said Sunday that a rocket aimed at Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, home of the U.S. Embassy, struck a residential...

June 11, 2020 at 8:55 am

US, Iraq launch strategic talks on economy, American troops

BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States and Iraq launched much-anticipated strategic talks Thursday that are to span the gamut of their bilateral relations, with Washington...

June 10, 2020 at 11:17 pm

Troubled Iran struggles to maintain sway over Iraq militias VIEW

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi militia factions expected the usual cash handout when the new head of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force made his first visit to...

Nation & World

May 14, 2020 at 10:57 pm

Iraqi doctor’s fight with virus lays bare a battered system

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dr. Marwa al-Khafaji’s homecoming after 20 days in a hospital isolation ward was met by spite. Someone had barricaded her family home’s...

Nation & World

May 11, 2020 at 12:35 pm

Trump tells Iraq’s new PM: US willing to give economic help

BAGHDAD (AP) — President Donald Trump said in a phone call to Iraq's new prime minister that the U.S. was willing to provide Iraq with...

May 11, 2020 at 11:24 am

Group says Iraqi women fighting to return home face hurdles

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women who fled war and conflict are facing systemic inequalities in their fight to return to their...

May 10, 2020 at 4:29 am

New Iraq PM releases protesters, promotes respected general VIEW

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's judiciary ordered courts on Sunday to release anti-government protesters, carrying out one of the first decisions of the recently inaugurated prime...

May 2, 2020 at 11:04 pm

IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virus

BAGHDAD (AP) — The man wearing an explosive vest emerged from a car and calmly marched toward the gates of the intelligence building in Iraq’s...

Nation & World

May 1, 2020 at 11:23 am

Iraq’s revenues plummet, raising fears of economic collapse

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's revenues plummeted in April amid a historic oil price crash, the Oil Ministry said Friday, raising concerns over how the country...

Business

May 1, 2020 at 9:11 am

Iraq’s revenues plummet, raising fears of economic collapse

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's revenues plummeted in April amid a historic oil price crash, the Oil Ministry said Friday, raising concerns over how the country...

Business