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On Tuesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health recorded 787 new infections with the new Coronavirus, taking the total number of infections in the country to 142,681. The ministry also announced the registration of 22 new deaths during the past…

Iraqi Health Ministry recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, with its total approaching 10,000 confirmed cases. At least 285 people have died of COVID-19 in Iraq, it said.

Iran has signed a two-year contract with Iraq to export electricity to the neighbouring country, Iranian state news agency IRNA on Thursday quoted the country’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as saying. “We signed a contract with Iraq…

Arab 24 reporter said that an earthquake struck the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Wednesday morning. He said that the earthquake has not caused any damage so far. According to the Global Seismological Observatory, the intensity of the…

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week, the White House said. Trump spoke with Kadhimi “to…

The United States will grant a 120-day waiver for Iraq to continue importing electricity from Iran to help the new Iraqi government succeed, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the newly installed Iraqi prime minister. “In support…

Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Wednesday after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over Cabinet seats in backroom deals. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s intelligence chief and a…

Iraqi leaders must put aside a sectarian quota system and make compromises to help the formation of a government and help the bilateral relationship between Washington and Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that his country welcomes an apparent agreement among Iraq’s Shia, Sunni and Kurdish groups to form a new government, adding it would need to be capable of confronting the coronavirus…

A spokesman for the International Coalition, Miles Caggins, announced that the coalition will resume training the "Peshmerga" forces after Ramadan, under the supervision of NATO. "We decided to withdraw from our bases in northern Iraq,…