The struggle to save Iraq’s last Persian leopards
Tying a camera trap around a tree trunk on Bamo mountain in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, brothers Bahez and Nabaz Farooq Ali hope to capture footage...
Iraq
Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum
Iraq’s parliament failed again on Saturday to vote for a president after Iran-backed groups boycotted the session, in a setback to an alliance led by...
Explosion kills four, wounds 20 in Iraq’s Basra
At least four people were killed and 20 wounded in an explosion in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, police and hospital sources told Reuters on...
Egypt’s GDP growth at 7.7 per cent in fourth quarter
Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.7 per cent in the March to June quarter compared to a 1.7 per cent contraction in the same...
End of the road for US combat mission in Iraq
U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi sealed an agreement formally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, but...
Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward
The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities...
At least 44 killed in hospital fire in Iraq, China hotel collapse kills eight
At least 44 people were killed and over 67 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq‘s...
Turkish air strike kills at least three in refugee camp inside Iraq (update 1)
A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad...
Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting US, coalition forces
Several rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, two security sources said. No casualties...
Suicide attack kills seven, injures 20 in central Baghdad market (update)
A suicide attacker using an explosive vest killed at least seven people and injured at least 20 in a central Baghdad market, police and medical...
