The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad airbase in Anbar and Victoria base in Baghdad ahead of the September 2025 deadline means the first phase of a previously agreed-upon two-phase ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another ...

Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, continues to suffer daily blackouts despite holding the world’s fifth-largest proven oil reserves. Chronic underinvestment, corruption, and dependence on ...

CAIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Iraq signed an agreement in principle with U.S. oil producer Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab for the Nassiriya project that consists of four exploration blocks in addition to ...

Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of commander Haider al-Moussawi from Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025 (AP photo by Hadi Mizban). Click to share on ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago.

A major energy crisis has hit Iraq following a power outage caused by a failure at the Hamidiya power plant in the western part of the country. The problem was exacerbated by an extreme heat wave in ...

Iraq’s state-run Basra Oil Company (BOC) has awarded China Petroleum Engineering (CPE) a letter of award for a major seawater transport pipeline project. The $2.524 billion contract for the project in ...

The Turkish government issued a decree late on Sunday to terminate a 52-year-old oil pipeline agreement with Iraq that facilitated the flow of crude between the two countries, effective July next year ...

NEW ORLEANS – In 2004, Louisiana's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known as the Tiger Brigade, deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite being the Louisiana National Guard's largest ...

KUT, Iraq (AP) — A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. Civil defense teams rescued more than ...

Iraq approved a plan for its semi-autonomous Kurdish region to transfer oil to Baghdad, a key step toward resuming exports that have been halted for more than two years. The Kurdistan Regional ...