Auditors in Iraq uncover staggering $2.5 billion tax fraud
Auditors in Iraq have uncovered a massive scheme in which a network of businesses and officials embezzled some $2.5 billion from the country’s tax authority,...
Blaming Kurds for unrest, Iran threatens Iraq with offensive
Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials say a senior Iranian military official has threatened Iraq with an unprecedented ground military operation.
Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle VIEW
A combination of climate change and politics is threatening the Tigris-Euphrates river system, one of the world’s most vulnerable watersheds.
Blaze, shots heard from prison in Iran capital amid protests
A huge fire blazed at a notorious Iranian prison where political prisoners and anti-government activists are kept in the capital.