BAGHDAD: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fulfilled his lifelong goal of wresting power from the country’s minority Sunnis after the fall of Saddam...
BAGHDAD: The documentary “Letters from Baghdad” had its first screening in the country Monday, drawing loud applause from an audience stocked with academics,...
KUWAIT: The World Bank’s private-sector arm urged international companies Sunday to overcome concerns about funding reconstruction projects in Iraq and...
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi Parliament Monday set May 12 for elections, the winner of which will face the daunting tasks of rebuilding Iraq after a three-year war with...
BAGHDAD: If Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were army...
BAGHDAD/IRBIL, Iraq: Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his “caliphate” but even though he is on the...
IRBIL, Iraq: Iraq’s Kurds plan to hold a referendum on independence this year to press their case for “the best deal” on self-determination once Daesh (ISIS)...
BAGHDAD: Bloody protests in Baghdad over the weekend by followers of influential preacher Moqtada al-Sadr signal the resumption of a power struggle between...
BAGHDAD: The World Bank plans to offer Iraq financial support in parallel with projects to foster reconciliation after Daesh’s (ISIS) defeat, its regional...
BAGHDAD: Daesh (ISIS) fighters have stepped up counterattacks on Iraqi forces in Mosul amid bad weather as the U.S.-backed offensive to capture their last...
BAGHDAD/ANKARA: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned the...
Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan,...
IRBIL, Iraq: It was barely more than a squiggle, but the mark of a single letter sprayed overnight on a wall in the heart of Daesh’s (ISIS) self-proclaimed...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi expects two victories from the battle underway in Fallujah, a Daesh (ISIS) stronghold near Baghdad. The first is...
BAGHDAD: Iraq may go ahead with plans to sell $2 billion in bonds in the next three months, hoping that international aid will lower the cost of borrowing...
BAGHDAD: The United States and Iran have formed an unlikely tacit alliance behind Iraq’s prime minister as he challenges the ruling elite with plans for a...
BAGHDAD: With Iraq’s politicians tainted by corruption and the army’s standing hurt by defeats, two Shiite religious authorities have re-emerged...
PARIS: Libya’s internationally recognized government plans to boost oil production five-fold and will punish companies working with a rival Cabinet striving...
OPEC has no plans for an emergency meeting to respond to the slump in prices, according to delegates from the group, while members have discussed the...
PARIS: Mohed Altrad says he’s living proof that an Arab can make it in France. The Syrian-born French billionaire nicknamed the “king of scaffoldings,” was...
In the suburbs of Paris, where successive generations of North African immigrants have grappled with unemployment and poverty, a youth worker was pasting up...
The decision OPEC faces at this month’s meeting isn’t just over whether to cut oil production. It’s a choice of whether the group is willing to fight to...
Here’s why the U.S. shale upstarts just might win a confrontation with Saudi Arabia as oil sinks: While the Arab nation is as flush with cash as ever, the...
DUBAI: Escalating conflicts in Libya are thwarting a revival of oil output from Africa’s largest crude reserves after a yearlong blockade of eastern ports,...
DUBAI: Sudan risks storing up trouble for itself by slapping lending curbs on banks amid soaring inflation and a slump in oil pipeline revenue.The central...