This iconic photo endures as a cornerstone of Egypt’s cultural memory and heritage, capturing the essence of the ‘bint al balad‘ (daughter of the country), a popular term used by Egyptians to describe ...

Iraq is looking to buy cargoes of liquefied natural gas for the first time as it faces uncertainty over supply from Iran, raising the prospect of electricity shortages. The country is in broad ...

(Beirut) – After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women’s and girls’ rights to ...

In 2003, the United States stormed into Saddam Hussein’s Iraq at the head of an international coalition that quickly toppled Hussein and took control. By mid-December 2003, after a short period ...

BASRA, Iraq, March 10 (Reuters) - After the U.S. moved to block Iraq's imports of electricity from Iran, Baghdad is looking to Qatar and Oman as possible options should Washington do the same ...

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, a U.S. official said Sunday. The previous waiver expired ...

The US didn’t renew a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, according to a foreign affairs adviser to the Iraqi prime minister. The decision was “regrettable,” Farhad ...

The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity, as part of President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran ...

Iraq’s Development Road aims to reduce dependence on oil by turning the country into a key trade corridor between Asia and Europe. The project involves Türkiye, Qatar, and the UAE, but faces ...

ANKARA, March 8 (Reuters) - High-level delegations from Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Iraq will meet in Amman on Sunday to discuss security cooperation and regional developments, a Turkish diplomatic ...

Baghdad said on Saturday it had not officially received the United States’ decision to rescind a waiver that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity. The Trump administration rescinded the waiver ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.