Iraqi News

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Norway-based oil and gas operator DNO reported that its crude oil sales in Iraqi Kurdistan nearly doubled on an annual basis, reaching an average of 28,058 barrels per day in the third quarter of 2026.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein stated on Sunday that Baghdad is attempting to arrange a meeting between Iran and the Gulf States as part of diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions and advance regional stability.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi authorities held a mass funeral on Tuesday in the northern city of Mosul for 47 victims, including security personnel and civilians, who were executed by the terrorist group of ISIS ten years ago.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s oil supplies to China during September totaled 4.84 million tons, or about 1.18 million barrels per day, a 19 percent decline compared to the previous year and a 248 percent increase compared to August.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Gulf Keystone Petroleum and ShaMaran Petroleum have reached a merger agreement, becoming one of the top private oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) reported weekly trading turnover exceeding 2.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($1.68 million) for the previous trading week, according to an official market report published on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi dinar edged down across exchange shops in Baghdad, Basra, and Erbil on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, slightly paring back gains recorded earlier in the week.

Mumbai – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Tuesday, his second official visit to the country this year, as he pursues an Asian tour blending diplomacy and trade.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraq Green Observatory issued a warning on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, over the risk of abandonment facing the “Baghdad Forests” environmental initiative at the Camp Rasheed site in southeastern Baghdad, expressing concern that

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi para-table tennis star Najlah Imad captured the gold medal on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at the Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan, defeating China’s Liu Xiaowu 3–1 in the women’s Class 6 singles final.

New York – The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, as the countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector.

San Francisco – Power cables weave through palm trees high above Fiji’s Rukurukulevu Village, linking residents to the national grid and a select few to solar panels.

Hong Kong – Tech firms led heavy losses across Asian markets Tuesday as investors brushed off a rebound on Wall Street amid growing fears about the AI investment boom ahead of crunch earnings releases.

Washington – President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday announced it had finalized a deep-sea mining auction off the coast of American Samoa, the first in the United States’ history, despite widespread opposition from locals and environmental group…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The International Chamber of Commerce in Iraq (ICC Iraq) is planning to hold a forum on corporate social responsibility and business sustainability in Baghdad on November 1 after its participation in a major international confere…

Hong Kong – Asian stocks headed into the weekend on a mixed note on Friday with tech weighed by renewed concerns about the AI investment boom, while support came from a drop in oil prices after Donald Trump ruled out a pre-election strike on Iran.

New York – NBA superstar LeBron James delivered a solid first half in his first pre-season game for Philadelphia on Thursday, but the new-look 76ers fell 114-108 to the Nets in Brooklyn.

Los Angeles – The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison.

Washington – Donald Trump’s campaign to rename artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” is unlikely to win over a wary public and could make matters worse, experts say, even as the US president threatens to treat holdouts as enemies.

Manchester – Manchester City are set for a hostile reception at Liverpool on Sunday in their first outing since being found guilty of over 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules.

Washington – CNN, MS NOW and Politico urged a federal judge on Thursday to extend White House access to the three media outlets which President Donald Trump is seeking to ban.

Washington – OpenAI on Thursday said it shut down two influence operations — from Russia and Iran — that used ChatGPT to push fake journalist personas and run a “think-tank” to covertly peddle anti-Ukraine propaganda.

Washington – OpenAI on Thursday said it shut down two influence operations — from Russia and Iran — that used ChatGPT to push fake journalist personas and run a “think-tank” to covertly peddle anti-Ukraine propaganda.

San Francisco – Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.

Washington – President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out attacking Iran before the US midterm elections on November 3, saying Washington was holding “productive discussions” with Tehran.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Syria is providing a path for Iraqi petroleum exports to circumvent the dangerous Strait of Hormuz, with a fleet of tanker trucks lining up to transport oil overland to Baniyas port on the Mediterranean Sea.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) has established the November official selling price for Basrah Medium crude oil to Asia, which is $2.80 per barrel, lower than the Oman/Dubai average.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Airways resumed flights between Najaf and Tehran on Thursday, with the first flight arriving in the Iranian capital after the airline obtained a US exemption allowing it to restart flights to Iran.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The spokesperson for the Iraqi Oil Ministry, Salim al-Rikabi, said on Thursday that the country’s oil exports during October are stable at a level of 2.7 million barrels per day, with the majority shipped from the southern termin…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – ISIS claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack targeting Iraqi police forces southwest of the city of Kirkuk, which killed one police officer and injured others.

Hong Kong – Equities extended losses Thursday as inflation fears were stoked by a fresh jump in oil prices following a report that said Donald Trump was considering more Iran strikes ahead of next month’s US midterm elections.

Seoul – Samsung Electronics forecast Thursday a more than 780 percent leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.

San Francisco – Microsoft is pushing a “hybrid intelligence” future with a new Surface Ultra laptop that runs on Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips and will cost more than $2,500, the company announced Wednesday.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The exchange rate for the Iraqi dinar compared to the US dollar slightly declined on Wednesday evening in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Erbil, following a sharp rise earlier in the m…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – A Standard Chartered economist said on Wednesday that Iraq may resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if oil revenues continue to fall and the currency’s devaluation fails to boost state finances as intended.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq has formally banned the Waze navigation application, pushing the effective date until the end of December 2026.

Riyadh – The Houthis claimed a flurry of attacks on Saudi targets on Wednesday including firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh airport, as the group battles for territory in Yemen against government forces supported by the kingdom.

Nablus – A Palestinian man was killed and nine people were injured during an Israeli settler attack followed by army intervention in an occupied West Bank village on Wednesday, according to the mayor and the Palestinian health ministry.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq has officially depreciated its national currency, with the baseline dropping from about 1,300 Iraqi dinars to 1,500 dinars per US dollar.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Chinese Ambassador to Iraq, Xiang Bo, revealed on Tuesday that the trade exchange between Iraq and China exceeded $51 billion in 2025.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s iQ Networks and OFN, the international connectivity arm of Qatar’s Ooredoo Group, have agreed to build a high-capacity fibre connection across Iraq, furthering ambitions to connect the Gulf and Asia to Turkey and Europe via

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Parallel currency exchanges across Iraq experienced severe disruption and sharp price swings on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, after the federal government abruptly modified the official exchange rate benchmark to 1,500 dinars per d…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Member of Parliament Miqdad Al-Khafaji called on the Council of Representatives on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, to convene an immediate emergency session to compel the federal government to reverse its decision devaluing the…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s Federal Commission of Integrity announced on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, the uncovering of a major embezzlement scheme within the Salah Al-Din Traffic Directorate, involving the fraudulent manipulation of more than 56,000…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Ministry of Finance officially enacted a structural adjustment to the national currency on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, resetting the official baseline exchange rate to 1,500 Iraqi dinars per U.S. dollar, while abruptly…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Two security sources told Reuters that ISIS terrorists assaulted a federal police post near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least one Iraqi federal policeman and injuring four others.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi government aims to spend 217 trillion Iraqi dinars (around $166 billion) in 2027, assuming an oil price of $58 per barrel, according to parliamentarians familiar with the draft budget.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Chinese independent refiners are swiftly increasing their imports of Iraqi and Qatari crude to compensate for a sharp decline in Iranian oil supplies.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Turkey intends to develop the planned Development Road from Iraq’s southern ports to Europe into a multi-fuel energy corridor worth $80 billion annually.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s crude oil exports rose for the fourth consecutive month in September, growing by over nine percent—equivalent to 218,000 barrels per day—to reach their highest level since the start of the Iran war.