Iraq rejects KRG’s oil contracts with US firms

Baghdad has dismissed as illegitimate the recent signing of an agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and US energy companies to develop oil and gas fields in Sulaimani.

Iraq cancels summer farming plan due to water crisis

Lawmaker Hassan Wariush al-Asadi told The New Region that Iraq has canceled its 2025 summer agricultural plan due to dangerously low water reserves, which have dropped to one-third of last year's levels.

Iran-US talks will not lead to a result: Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed a degree of negativity regarding the prospects of a nuclear accord with Washington that has not been seen from other Iranian officials, who have tended to err on the side of optimism.

PM Barzani says KRG, US firms deal ‘very important’

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani hailed the energy agreements with US firms as marking the beginning of "a new phase of Kurdistan-USA ties."

Iraq labels Salafi branch ‘high-level security threat’

Iraq’s National Security Advisory has issued a directive to take stricter measures against extremist groups, namely the Madkhali movement

PM Barzani oversees signing of energy deals between KRG, American firms

The firms described the agreements as a "significant milestone" for the energy future of the Kurdistan Region.

Iraq, Iran FMs discuss nuclear talks, electricity imports in Tehran

Iraq has recently begun trying to address an over-reliance on Iran to fuel its power grid, after Washington declined to renew a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity

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Afro-Iraqis confront legacy of slavery, discrimination in modern Basra

Afro-Iraqis, long marginalized despite deep roots in Basra’s history, are at the center of a national debate after a controversial decision to allocate land exclusively to dark-skinned citizens. Critics call the move politically motivated and racially divisive, while activists recall centuries of systemic exclusion, from slavery under the Abbasids to modern political invisibility.

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