Iraq expels Swedish envoy in response to planned Quran burning protest

The incident sparked revenge demonstration from the supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, 48, an influential Shi’ite cleric…

Iraq customs directed to start enforcing import ban on alcohol

Iraq’s customs agency received orders on Saturday to begin implementing a prohibition on the entry of…

Protests erupt in Iraq after outrage over YouTuber’s ‘honour killing’ by her dad

Iraqi activists protested Sunday (February 5) to demand a law against domestic violence, days after a YouTuber…

Iraqi father strangles YouTuber daughter to death after she decided to leave country

An Iraqi father strangled his daughter, who is a Youtuber, to death after she decided to…

Iraq seeing outbreak of nose-bleed fever. Here’s what we know about the deadly disease

Iraq is in the midst of an outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed…

UAE cargo ship carrying 30 crew members sinks off Iran coast

Dubai-based Salem Al Makrani Cargo Company confirmed on Thursday that one of their ships capsized off…

Leader’s death is another blow for the Islamic State, but it’s hardly the end

For a man who sought to disappear, the leader of the Islamic State group seemed to…