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Iraq watchdog: Turkiye’s pledges won’t stop drought fallout
Shafaq News
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2025-07-08T11:08:42+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The Green Iraq Observatory on Tuesday disputed the effectiveness of Turkiye’s recent water releases, warning that Iraq remains on the brink of another “water...
Iraq’s Al-Sudani tackles border security with Turkish Intel Chief
Shafaq News
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2025-07-08T09:35:34+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Ankara On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with the Head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Ibrahim Kalin, to discuss...
Iraq launches electronic seal system at Umm Qasr customs
Shafaq News
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2025-07-08T07:50:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Basra Iraq’s General Authority of Customs announced on Tuesday the launch of an electronic seal tracking system for shipments, starting from the Umm Qasr Middle...
Iraq’s Mandaean community cancels New Year celebrations in respect for Ashura
Shafaq News
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2025-07-08T05:53:32+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad The head of the Mandaean sect in Iraq and worldwide, Sheikh Sattar Jabbar Helo, announced on Monday the cancellation of New Year celebrations out of respect for the...
‘I needed to leave Man United to grow’: Zidane Iqbal on identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...
ExclusiveZidane Iqbal on leaving Man United, identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...
Iraq Lifts Oil Output by 80,000 bpd Across Three Key Fields
Oil Price
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July 7, 2025
Iraq’s Dhi Qar Oil Company has raised oil production by a combined 80,000 barrels per day across three strategic southern fields, Nasiriyah, Gharraf, and Saba, IraqiNews reported on Monday, marking one of the country’s most significant boosts this...
Islamabad, Baghdad to come in twin-city relationship
Business Recorder
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July 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad and Baghdad are set to enhance bilateral cooperation under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed between the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq. The agreement was reached during a...
‘Iraq, But Funny’
Hyde Park Herald - Illinois
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The world premiere of Atra Asdou's “Iraq, But Funny” at Lookingglass Theatre Company lives up to its title — and then some. Directed by Dalia Ashurina and performed by five amazing actors, it's an often hilarious, often harrowing...
Iraq reviews progress on Development Road as Faw Port nears completion
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T16:59:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraqi Minister of Transport Razzaq Muhaibas al-Saadawi chaired a high-level meeting on Monday to assess progress on the Development Road Project, stressing the need...
Baghdad, KRG clash over Erbil drone strike blame on PMF
The New Arab
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July 7, 2025
The KRG's Ministry of Interior on Friday accused PMF-linked groups of launching a drone that crashed in a deserted area near the Kurdish capital. [Getty] Iraq's federal government has firmly rejected accusations by the Kurdistan Regional...
Iraq’s President, Premier tackle Kurdistan salary dispute
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T14:20:42+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – BaghdadOn Monday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid in Baghdad for talks that focused on domestic developments, regional...
Iraq launches 800-mln-USD oil refinery expansion project
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Iraq launched Monday an 800-million-U.S. dollar expansion project of the al-Diwaniyah Refinery in the southern province of Diwaniyah. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani inaugurated the al-Diwaniyah Refinery...
Iraq’s supreme court rejects political interference
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T12:05:58+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad On Monday, Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court rejected any political interference in its affairs, emphasizing its independence in decision-making. Following its first...
Iraq fast-tracks digital finance in push for global standing
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T10:45:11+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Digital transformation across Iraqi government institutions has nearly doubled in three years, a government official revealed on Monday, as the country moves into a...
Iraq to halt gasoline imports in 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T10:20:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq will end gasoline imports before the close of 2025, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Monday, citing expanded refining capacity and a...
Iraq ranks 3rd largest market for Amman exports in 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-07T12:19:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Amman Iraq was the third-largest importer of goods from Amman’s industrial sector during the first half of 2025, according to data released Monday by the Amman...
Iran Update Special Report: Iraq after the Iran-Israel War, July 13 - July 3, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Metro Detroit filmmaker tells rarely heard Iraqi American story in award-winning film ‘Pomegranate’
Detroit Metro Times - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Courtesy of Pomegranate Pictures LLC Local filmmaker Weam Namou wrote and directed Pomegranate, a dramedy about a young Iraqi Muslim woman navigating her identity, religious expectations, and political tensions in a predominantly Christian Iraqi...
Unpacking Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court chaos
Atlantic Council
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July 7, 2025
Amid regional turmoil in the Middle East, Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has faced a crisis of its own. Last month, six of the nine permanent justices and three of the four alternates submitted their resignations, effectively rendering the court...