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Iraq's election result ratified by Supreme Federal Court as premiership remains up for grabs

December 15, 2025 12:02 am

The court confirmed that the voting process met all constitutional and legal requirements and had no irregularities affecting its validity.

Iraqis are voting for a new parliament. Here’s what to know

November 11, 2025 6:10 pm

The Trump administration has been adamant that the next government take up the daunting task of disarming Iraq’s array of powerful Iran-backed militias.

Iraqis voters gather to cast their vote at a ballot station in the country's parliamentary election in Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.

Iraqi is voting for a new Parliament. Here’s what to know

November 11, 2025 12:52 pm

Since a US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003, parties from the Shiite Muslim majority have dominated Iraq’s government. That has caught Iraq in a tug-of-war between the US and Iran, the region’s Shiite power.

Iraq's displaced Yazidis, security forces cast ballots in early voting in parliament election

November 09, 2025 7:08 pm

A polling station set up in a small Dohuk school stood almost empty until after 9 am, when more voters began to appear, some clutching worn ID cards, others guiding elderly relatives toward the entrance.

Tsurkov was tortured by her captors and possibly has permanent nerve damage. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)

‘Strung up and tortured’: Hostage recounts 2 1/2 years of captivity

November 06, 2025 7:14 pm

Tsurkov, 38, said it was a marathon of psychological torment, but the most excruciating were the first months, when she suffered beating after beating by her captors, as well as sexual assault and other horrors.

The victim visited MP Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal to thank him for her return. (Express Photo)

‘Every day felt like my last’: promised a ‘tailoring job’, Moga woman recalls days of torture, confinement on return from Iraq

October 28, 2025 7:11 pm

The survivor, who was able to return to Punjab on September 28 this year with the help of MP Balbir Singh Seechewal, said that around 20 to 25 other women are still stuck in Iraq.

Iraq bans US gaming platform Roblox over child safety concerns

October 20, 2025 7:09 pm

The Iraqi communications ministry said the nationwide ban was based on a comprehensive study and field monitoring which found that "the game involves several security, social, and behavioral risks".

US sanctions network accused of moving Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi

September 02, 2025 10:16 pm

The sanctions come as talks on Iran’s nuclear programme remain stalled. A sixth round of negotiations was suspended after a 12-day conflict in June.

Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by Islamic State

August 18, 2025 1:09 am

After an initial 15 days of work, the foundation's Mosul teams will build a database and start collecting DNA samples from families of suspected victims.

Iraq's prime minister seeks closer US ties while keeping armed groups at bay

July 29, 2025 11:58 am

The feat became especially difficult last month when war broke out between Israel, a U.S. ally, and Iran — and the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites.

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Clashes in Iraq after cleric announces resignation

August 30, 2022 10:51 pm

On his maiden visit to Iraq, Pope Francis advocates for peaceful coexistence

March 06, 2021 8:57 pm

Al-Sistani, 90, is one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam and his rare but powerful political interventions have helped shape present-day Iraq. He is a deeply revered figure in Shiite-majority Iraq.

Mosul - Before and after Islamic State onslaught

September 19, 2014 4:03 pm

A trove of photographs now housed at the Library of Congress, taken in the autumn of 1932, offer a glimpse of Mosul before wars, insurgency, sectarian strife _and now Islamic State militants_ravaged the city. The scenes were captured by staff from the American Colony Photo Department during a visit to Iraq at the end of the British mandate.