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Iraq grapples 51C temperatures, historic drought, power shortages
APA
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Iraqis grappled on Monday with searing heat in the capital Baghdad and parts of the country’s south, where the weather service said temperatures reached 51C in the shade, APA reports citing Al Arabiya. Iraq’s 46 million people face rising...
Iraq to produce 12GW of Solar Power by 2030
Iraq Business News
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July 28, 2025
By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Ministry's Undersecretary for Distribution Affairs, Ali Maarij, has said that Iraq aims to incorporate 12 Gigawatts (GW) of solar power into its energy mix by 2030, alongside intensified efforts to capture natural gas...
Iraq Opens Central Gas Processing Facility at Block 9
Iraq Business News
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July 28, 2025
By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has inaugurated the Central Gas Processing Facility at the Al-Faihaa [Fayhaa, Block 9] oil field in Basra, with a capacity of 130 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD). The launch was conducted via video...
Iraq's CF condemns Baghdad ministry assault
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T21:14:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Sunday, Iraq’s Coordination Framework, a bloc of Shiite ruling parties, condemned the recent armed assault on a Ministry of Agriculture office in southern Baghdad,...
TrendingSiege on Sweida, and anger after clashes in Iraq
The National News
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Food and medicine levels are critically low in Sweida, Syria. Deadly clashes in Iraq have fuelled anger across the country. Wildfires rage in Turkey, Greece and Albania. On today's episode of Trending Middle East: Sweida running out of supplies...
Iraq: 3 killed in clashes between armed group, security forces
The New Arab
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July 27, 2025
Three people, including a policeman, were killed Sunday during clashes in Baghdad between security forces and pro-Iran gunmen, according to authorities and a member of a local armed group. The violence erupted when armed men stormed a local office...
Legacy of Saddam-Era: How old laws cripple Iraq's legislative future
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News More than two decades after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, the legacy of Iraq’s dissolved Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) continues to obstruct the country’s legislative development. Despite successive parliamentary sessions...
29 attacks on Israel, U.S. bases foiled by Iraq to contain regional conflict, says PM
I24 News
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani revealed in an interview with the Associated Press that his government blocked 29 attempts by pro-Iranian militias to launch missiles and drones at Israel and U.S. bases in Iraq during last month’s...
Iraq, Sanofi partner to boost healthcare
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T12:40:26+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Health signed a memorandum of understanding with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi on Sunday to expand medical training, combat counterfeit...
Iraq to launch cross-border rail linking Basra and Iran
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T16:01:16+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Transport announced on Sunday the imminent launch of the Basra–Shalamcheh railway project, a 36-kilometer cross-border line aimed at easing pilgrim...
Final Batch of Nepali Peacekeepers Returns from Iraq Mission
Ratopati
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Kathmandu – The last group of Nepali peacekeepers serving under the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Iraq has returned home. This marks the complete withdrawal of all Nepali troops from the mission following the UN's decision to repatriate...
Iraq launches sweeping safety reforms after deadly Kut fire
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T17:16:24+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered wide-ranging safety reforms aimed at strengthening civil defense protocols across the country,...
NEOM Port halves transit time with new trade corridor linking Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq
Zawya
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The Port of NEOM conducted a successful pilot trial of a new strategic intra-regional corridor linking key trading hubs in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iraq, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Implemented by the Port of NEOM and the Logistics Private...
Turkiye seeks full use of Kirkuk–Ceyhan pipeline in new Iraq deal
Shafaq News
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2025-07-29T11:40:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Ankara Turkiye’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar called for a new energy agreement with Iraq that includes a mechanism to ensure the full use of the Kirkuk–Ceyhan...
Iraq’s Judiciary: Former Baathists barred from parliament
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T09:19:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council reaffirmed, on Sunday, its intent to strictly implement the Accountability and Justice Law (Law No. 10). Adopted in 2008 as a...
Türkiye seeks full use of idled pipeline in new deal talks with Iraq
Sabah
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July 29, 2025
A proposed new agreement between Türkiye and Iraq must include a mechanism to ensure the full-capacity use of the oil pipeline between the two countries, according to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar. Last week, Ankara...
Iraqi parliament debates law restricting right to protest
Middle East Eye
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August 2, 2025
Rights groups have expressed concern over new laws being debated in Iraq's parliament that will restrict the right to protest. Legislation has been introduced to the parliament that will introduce new restrictions including on insults to religious...
Iraq renews support for Palestinian cause
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 27, 2025
In a meeting with former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, the two leaders discussed the repercussions of the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza Strip, which is suffering from a suffocating blockade and...
Iraq shuts government offices as temperatures hit 52°C
Gulf News
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The order affects Basra, Dhi Qar, Maysan, Karbala, Diwaniyah, Babil and Wasit provinces, and was issued “to ensure the safety of citizens and public sector employees,” the government said in a statement. The closure, which took effect immediately,...
Iraq inaugurates first centralized 911 center
Shafaq News
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2025-07-27T08:12:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq has launched its first centralized emergency services center in Baghdad, merging 26 hotlines into a single 911 number for faster public response. Active since...