Bitter Iraqis remember George H.W. Bush as ‘Mr Embargo’
AFP | The death of former US president George H.W. Bush stirred bitter memories for Iraqis Saturday of "Mr. Embargo" the man behind crushing sanctions...
In Iraq’s city of bookshops, theology and poetry rub spines
AFP | In the covered alleyways of old Najaf in Iraq, poetry and philosophy books compete on laden shelves with economic treatises, the Koran and...
Nadia Murad: From modern day slave to Nobel laureate
AFP | Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and...
A year of crisis since Iraqi Kurdistan’s bid for independence
AFP | Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, which votes for a new parliament on Sunday, has endured a year of unrest and open crisis with...
Iraq’s special athletes go for gold
AFP| With two gold medals to her name already, Iraqi badminton player Heba Asghar is more determined than ever as she prepares for next year's...
Iraq’s top musicians play on despite unpaid wages
AFP | In a dusty Baghdad dance studio, conductor Mohammed Amin Ezzat tries to fire up the musicians of Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra, whose enthusiasm...
Iraq sentences two Europeans to life for IS membership
AFP | An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison in the latest punishments handed down...
Electricity crisis leaves Iraqis gasping for cool air
AFP | As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary even though it means hooking up...
Iraqi farmers fight to save cattle from drought
AFP | Iraqi farmer Sayyed Sattar knows he'll soon have to let some of his buffalo go as he surveys the herd bathing in a...
Iraq accuses other oil producers of exceeding quotas
News Desk | Iraq on Monday accused other oil-producing countries of extracting more barrels of crude than agreed by OPEC and its partners, ahead of...
Twin explosions target Iraq communist party HQ: spokesman
AFP | Two bombs exploded Friday close to the Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party, said a spokesman for the political alliance which alongside...
Saudi Arabia urged not to turn Iraq into ‘cold war’ front with Iran
AFP | Saudi Arabia should avoid turning Iraq into a "battleground in a cold war" with its regional rival Tehran, the International Crisis Group said...