A large-scale power outage swept across much of central, western and southern Iraq for several hours on Monday as temperatures soared beyond 50C. Officials said electricity systems went offline in the ...

Iraq's navy has seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker, the Liliana, suspected of fuel smuggling in Gulf waters near Basra.

Basra Heavy and Medium crude prices fell on Tuesday despite global oil market increases, influenced by US-EU trade and ...

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.

With most areas of Baghdad reporting a maximum of four hours of electricity a day, however, those figures would appear to be optimistic, at best. Electricity officials in northern Nineveh province ...

Basra is a city of 2 million people, predominantly Shiite. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Sunnis, and perhaps 5,000 or 6,000 Christians, live in the area.

BASRA, IRAQ — If it weren’t for the alcohol-free drinks, the scene could have been straight out of an English pub. Young men sat in animated groups, sipping milkshakes and mugs of milky tea in ...