Iraq has significantly reduced its national poverty rate to 10.8% from 2018 to 2024, as announced by Minister of Planning Mohammed Ali Tamim. This progress was shared during the launch of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report. The report examines poverty beyond income, identifying developmental gaps and social deprivations. Iraq collaborated with the UNDP and [...]

A fire broke out at the Corniche Hypermarket in Kut, Iraq, killing at least 61 people, with many others injured or missing. The five-story shopping center had only opened a week earlier. Most victims died from suffocation in bathrooms, and 14 bodies remain unidentified. Videos showed flames tearing through the mall as firefighters rescued people, [...]

On Wednesday, a drone attack hit the Ain Sifni oilfield in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, which is run by U.S. company Hunt Oil. This was the second attack on the same site in one day and is part of a growing series of strikes on oilfields in the Kurdistan region. Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), which operates [...]

Twelve Turkish soldiers died from methane gas exposure while searching a cave in northern Iraq during a military operation. The cave search was part of Operation Claw Lock, aimed at targeting PKK militants. A total of 19 personnel were affected, and the soldiers were reportedly trying to recover the body of a comrade killed in [...]

In a significant diplomatic development, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has agreed to increase the flow of water to Iraq following a request from Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani during a high-level meeting on July 1, 2025. Erdoğan approved an increase in water releases from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to 420 cubic meters per [...]

In the first half of 2025, Iraq's Interior Ministry reported the dismantling of over 60 sex trafficking networks and the arrest of 82 individuals accused of practicing sorcery and fortune-telling—offenses still punishable under Iraqi law. Colonel Abbas al-Bahadli, spokesperson for the Ministry, revealed that the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency uncovered 62 sex exploitation rings, [...]

Iraq has recorded 19 deaths and 123 total cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever so far this year, with the highest number reported in Dhi Qar province. The disease, transmitted through tick bites or contact with infected animal blood during slaughter, mainly affects those working in the livestock sector. The fatality rate ranges from 10% to [...]

The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Ali Al-Alaq, said that Iraq is strongly committed to fighting money laundering and the funding of terrorism. He spoke at a recent conference in Baghdad and explained that Iraq is working closely with other countries to follow international rules. He also said that Iraq is open [...]