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Al Jazeera confirmed after quoting Iraqi court officials that the man, identified as Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim, 37, had been sentenced to death by hanging. (Representational Image)

Iraq court sentences fourth French ISIS member to death, France opposes

In a statement, the French foreign ministry said following the judgment that it respected the sovereignty of the Iraqi authorities.

28 May 2019 8:53 AM

The crisis takes root in President Donald Trump’s withdrawal last year of the US from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. (Photo:AP)

Iraq wants to be peacemaker as Washington-Tehran feud heats up

In recent weeks, tensions between Washington and Tehran soared over America deploying an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf.

27 May 2019 9:58 AM

Zarif's visit came amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran. (Photo:AP)

Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif visits Iraq to discuss tension with US

According to Iraq's state-run Iraqiya channel, Zarif held meetings with top Iraqi leaders, including Iraqi President Barham Salih.

26 May 2019 9:07 AM

The United States once described Sadr as the most dangerous man in Iraq. (Photo:AP)

Protestors in Iraq urge Baghdad to stay out of US-Iran conflict

Politicians and Shi’ite paramilitary leaders have called for calm and the Iraqi government has tried to position itself as a mediator.

25 May 2019 9:54 AM

Earlier this month, the administration of US President Donald Trump dispatched to the region an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers. (Photo:AP)

Rocket struck near US Embassy in Baghdad, amid escalating tension

Tensions between the US and Iran have been high since Washington withdrew last year from the 2015 nuclear deal.

20 May 2019 12:10 PM

The top US diplomat's unannounced visit marked an effort to stand up Washington's ties with Baghdad as it pushes ahead with its 'maximum pressure' against Tehran. (Photo:AP)

Pompeo speaks of 'urgent' Iran threat on his surprise visit to Iraq

Iraq has promised to guarantee the safety of US interests from Iran, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday.

08 May 2019 8:33 AM

The elusive chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released Monday by the jihadist organisation. (Photo: AFP)

For first time in 5 yrs, IS chief Baghdadi appears in propaganda video

Baghdadi, 47, had long grey beard that appeared dyed with henna and spoke slowly.

30 Apr 2019 8:10 AM

Iraq has emerged from a ruinous three-year war against the Islamic State group and faces the mammoth task of reconciling. (Photo:AP)

Iraq seeks to reclaim influential role, status in Arab world

After decades of conflict, Iraq is seeking to reclaim a leadership role and status in the Arab world with a centrist policy.

15 Apr 2019 1:48 PM

Over 90 people, mostly women and children, died as a ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul, in Iraq’s worst accident in years. (Representational Image)

19 kids among 94 dead as Iraq ferry sinks in Tigris River

Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mourning as he visited the site of the tragedy.

22 Mar 2019 11:41 AM

Air India on Thursday resumed flights to Iraq after a 30 year gap. (File Photo)

Air India resumes flights to Iraq after 30 years

Flights were prevented by years of conflict in Iraq and sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime after his invasion of Kuwait.

15 Feb 2019 12:08 PM

A militant wearing a suicide vest blew himself up just after midnight at Adnan al-Ganam’s house in the village of Asdira, Colonel Khalil al-Sahn, the police chief of surrounding Shirqat district, told Reuters. (Representational Image)

Suicide attack kills at least six tribal militiamen in northern Iraq

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic State militants operate in the area.

22 Aug 2018 4:09 PM

Iwai’s journey in the Arab world began 30 years ago, on his bosses’ orders. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's ambassador Fumio Iwai: Iraq's loving social media celeb departs

Iwai has been in post in Baghdad for less than 3 yrs, but his fan base reaches far beyond heavily fortified walls of diplomatic Green Zone.

19 Jul 2018 7:33 PM

A picture released by the Iraqi justice ministry on June 29, 2018 shows a group of convicted jihadists awaiting execution. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq executes 13 death row ISIS terrorists to avenge civilian killings

Around 20,000 were arrested in a three-year battle by Iraqi forces to drive out IS, which had seized western and northern Iraq in 2014.

29 Jun 2018 9:12 PM

Iraq declared victory over ISIS in December after expelling the terrorists from all major towns and cities in a vast offensive. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Iraq executes 12 ISIS terrorists on death row in retaliation to killings

Executions on Thursday came shortly after Abadi ordered 'immediate' implementation of death sentences of hundreds of convicted terrorists.

29 Jun 2018 3:20 PM

An Iraqi woman prepares to cast her vote in the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Iraq votes in first nationwide election since declaring win over ISIS

Polls opened across Iraq on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over the Islamic State group.

12 May 2018 11:54 AM

Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist famous for throwing a shoe at former US president George W. Bush in 2008, attends a rally in Baghdad on May 4, 2018 for the "Marching Towards Reform" alliance between Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the communist party, ahead of the May 12 parliamentary elections. (Photo: AFP)

Iraqi journalist who threw shoe at George W Bush running for Parliament

Muntazer al-Zaidi shot to prominence in Dec 2008 when he flung his shoe at Bush who was holding press conference in Baghdad.

06 May 2018 12:30 PM

Brokenhearted Haidouz found unexpected inspiration in the plethora of campaign posters hung across the city in the lead up to local and parliamentary elections on May 12. (Photo: AFP)

Love meets election fever: Iraqi man uses poll campaign to win back ex-fiancée

He created an 'electoral list' and aptly called it 'Love and Loyalty', composing a poem for Assouz, a pseudonym for his fiancée.

02 May 2018 2:54 PM

Relatives said they received panicked phone calls from some of the workers five days after Mosul was captured, asking for help. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Killed in front of my eyes: How bodies of 38 Indians slain by IS were found

The abducted workers, most from northern India, had been employed by a construction company operating near Mosul.

20 Mar 2018 8:42 PM

More than 1,300 women and children surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga in August after government forces expelled the jihadist group from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar. (Representational Image)

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for ties with Islamic State

Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children.

26 Feb 2018 3:39 PM

An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers. (Photo: AFP)

Baghdad: Double suicide bombing kills 38, injures over 105

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.

15 Jan 2018 12:41 PM

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