Sudani inaugurates 790 model schools to ease overcrowding and triple-shift classes

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani inaugurated 790 new schools as part of the 1,000 Model Schools Project under the Iraqi-Chinese framework agreement.

Nov. 23, 2024

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Five ISIS suspects killed in airstrike in western Kirkuk

Security forces investigated the location of the strike early Saturday and found the bodies of five ISIS suspects

Nov. 23, 2024

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Iraq calls for ‘concentrated’ international efforts to stop Israeli threats

The foreign ministry said Iraq’s resort to the Security Council comes out of its keenness for the council to play its role preserving international peace and security

Nov. 23, 2024

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Iraq accuses Israel of seeking pretext for aggression amid soaring tensions

Iraqi leaders have accused Israel of seeking a pretext for aggression after a UN Security Council complaint alleged Iran-backed militias in Iraq launched attacks on Israeli territory

Nov. 22, 2024

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Kurdish, Iraqi leaders reiterate call for swift KRG cabinet formation at forum in Duhok

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani called for the formation of the next cabinet in Erbil, a month after the Kurdistan Region held its long-delayed parliamentary election

Nov. 22, 2024

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Iranian IRGC chief describes arrest warrant for Netanyahu as ‘political death’ of Israel

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami said the ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu "means the end and political death of the Zionist regime, a regime that today lives in absolute political isolation in the world."

Nov. 22, 2024

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Iraqi population over 46 million, per 90 percent of preliminary results of census: Official

The Higher Authority for the General Population Census put the lowest count in Baghdad at 80.48 percent and the highest in Wasit province at 98.68 percent. 

Nov. 22, 2024

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Iraq commends ICC’s arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant as ‘historic’ 

The Iraqi government on Thursday welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former defense minister Yoav Gallant, saying the court took a "courageous and just stance" by implicating them in "committing war crimes"

Nov. 21, 2024

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Turkish police seize record number 34 million Captagon pills in Istanbul: Minister

The Turkish government announced they had seized a record number of 34 million Captagon pills in Istanbul, as part of a major anti-narcotics operation that covered 22 other provinces, including the Kurdish southeast regions

Nov. 21, 2024

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