U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran. The Islamic Republic, its firepower diminished, has vowed to fight ...

The Pope has accepted the resignation of the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq. Cardinal Louis Sako's retirement paves the way for a transition in one of Iraq's ...

The oil price spiked near $120 after strikes on Iran's energy sites and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. With tankers stuck and Gulf oil facilities hit, producers are running short on storage to ...

Iraq coach Graham Arnold has urged soccer’s international governing body to postpone his team’s intercontinental World Cup ...

As the US and Israel continue their air strikes, Iran has retaliated by hitting neighboring states. Domestic politics are in disarray around the region.

Iraq’s hopes of World Cup qualification are being impacted by the Iran war because players cannot get visas for the playoff tournament in Mexico and the team’s coach is stranded ...

Pro-Iranian protesters angered by the death of Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei tried to storm the US consulate in Pakistan's ...

BAGHDAD — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull ...

Protesters argued the policy has instead slowed trade, creating congestion at Umm Qasr port and prompting some importers to consider routing goods through the Kurdistan region, where fees are lower.

Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, demanding that Iraq's government reverse recently imposed customs tariffs that they say have sharply ...

Baghdad Traders Protest New Customs Tariffs as Iraq Wrestles With Shrinking Oil Revenues BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of traders and customs clearance company owners protested in central Baghdad on Sunday, ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Baghdad’s main commercial districts were largely shut down on Sunday as wholesale traders went on strike to protest newly imposed government customs tariffs on imported goods ...