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Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms
Middle East
April 25, 2018
Iraq’s move to rush oil bidding could deter some firms
Iraq is opening more of its untapped oil and gas resources to foreign developers, hoping to boost revenues after its…
Iraq: Women with suspected links to ‘IS’ suffer sexual abuse, Amnesty says
Middle East
April 17, 2018
Iraq: Women with suspected links to ‘IS’ suffer sexual abuse, Amnesty says
Women and children believed to have links to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group suffer “harrowing” sexual exploitation and discrimination…
Bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq arrive back in India
Middle East
April 3, 2018
Bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq arrive back in India
A special plane carrying the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers killed by the Islamic State group in Iraq arrived…
Islamic State haunts northern Iraq months after its defeat
Middle East
March 28, 2018
Islamic State haunts northern Iraq months after its defeat
On a desolate highway in northern Iraq last week, nine federal police officers packed into a large SUV were stopped…
Iraq supports OPEC-led oil output cuts, president says
Middle East
March 26, 2018
Iraq supports OPEC-led oil output cuts, president says
Iraq supports OPEC’s agreement to cut oil output, Iraqi President Fuad Masum said at a meeting on Monday with OPEC…
Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links
Middle East
March 21, 2018
Iraq holds more than 19,000 on Islamic State, militant links
Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or other terror-related…
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
Middle East
March 20, 2018
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers abducted when Islamic State militants…
Iraq approves payment of civil servant salaries for Kurdish Region amid ongoing budget dispute
Middle East
March 19, 2018
Iraq approves payment of civil servant salaries for Kurdish Region amid ongoing budget dispute
Iraq agreed to pay the salaries of the Kurdistan region’s civil servants and security forces, a spokesman for the government…
US helicopter crash in Iraq kills all aboard: military
Middle East
March 16, 2018
US helicopter crash in Iraq kills all aboard: military
All personnel aboard a US military helicopter carrying American service members were killed in a crash in western Iraq, the…
UK court convicts Iraqi teenager for London train bombing
World
March 16, 2018
UK court convicts Iraqi teenager for London train bombing
Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder after…