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 quarter last year, the cabinet said ...
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 U.S. ...
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 faced accusations of negligence from grieving ...
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 southern city of Nassiriya, health ...
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 Kelani, a Patriotic Union of ...
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 have been reported so ...
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 sources said on Thursday.
It was ...