BAGHDAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Baghdad on a three day official visit to Iraq. Shah Mahmood Qureshi was received at Baghdad International Airport by Iraq's Deputy…
BAGHDAD: Iraq's pro-Tehran factions have welcomed Joe Biden's election as US president, alarming officials and activists in Baghdad who fear a US-Iran deescalation could empower hardliners in their own country.…
BAGHDAD: Several hundred protesters gathered in the Iraqi capital on Saturday afternoon to demand US troops leave the country in accordance with a parliament vote earlier this year. "We will…
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities reopened Baghdad's Tahrir Square and Al-Jumhuriyah bridge on Saturday, symbolically ending more than a year of demonstrations in epicentres of an anti-government protest movement. Protester tents have…
BAGHDAD: French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first official trip to Iraq on Wednesday, government sources in Baghdad told AFP, to signal solidarity with the crisis-hit country. The one-day…
BAGHDAD: As Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi prepares for his first meeting with US President Donald Trump this week, attacks on American targets by pro-Iranian fighters have been on the…
BAGHDAD: Iraq announced Thursday it will create an inventory of all hazardous materials at ports and airports after the ignition of ammonium nitrate fertilizers at a port side warehouse levelled…
BAGHDAD: After months of tensions, Baghdad and Washington are poised to launch strategic talks Thursday to reset ties -- but even with a new US-friendly Iraqi premier, a major breakthrough…
WASHINGTON: The US on Wednesday ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq's neighbor Iran,…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday will host Hungarian leader Viktor Orban -- an anti-immigration firebrand and one of his few European admirers -- at the White House, despite…
ISLAMABAD: A bus carrying 51 Pakistani pilgrims hit a security check post near Samarra, Iraq, on the night of April 21; 47 passengers out of 51 were in good condition,…
TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Monday described ties with Iraq as "special", as he prepared to travel to Baghdad on his first official visit to the neighbouring country. Rouhani's…
BAGHDAD: Fourteen French nationals accused of fighting for the Islamic State group were transferred to Iraq by US-backed forces squeezing the jihadists' final Syrian bastion, an Iraqi government source said…
BAGHDAD: Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital on Tuesday for talks on the sensitive issue of a continued US troop presence after Washington…
BAGHDAD: From the halls of parliament to the lightning-fast rumour mills of social media, pro-Iran factions are demanding US troops withdraw from Iraq in a challenge to the country's fragile…
BAGHDAD: The United States has granted Iraq a 90-day extension to an exemption from reimposed sanctions on Iran to keep on importing energy. President Donald Trump reimposed crippling unilateral sanctions…
BAGHDAD: At least 16 people were reportedly killed when a town in central Baghdad was shaken with two car bombs, security sources said on Tuesday. The blasts occurred at the…
BAGHDAD: At least 13 people have been reportedly killed when a suicide bomber driving a car hit a group of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad on…
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s plan to increase oil output this year will go ahead, with exports running in January at a record level and unaffected by Iran’s return to the market, Iraqi…
