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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Iraq shuts down Telegram over privacy concerns

A VPN is now needed to keep using the app in Iraq. Here's everything you need to know about the block.

TechRadar

Bear breaks free of cage in cargo hold causing bizarre delay at Dubai airport

Keeping predatory animals as pets in Iraq — especially in Baghdad — has become popular among the wealthy.

Evening Standard

Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad watched Saddam's statue topple in 2003. His 'standout' war memoir de-centres the West

Baghdad native and former architect Ghaith Abdul-Ahad traces his start as a journalist to the day Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in central Baghdad, on April 9 2003 – two weeks after US troops invaded the city.

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Veterans see historic expansion of benefits for toxic exposure as new law nears anniversary

Hundreds of thousands of veterans have received additional benefits in the past year after President Joe Biden signed legislation expanding coverage for conditions connected to burn pits that were used to destroy trash and potentially toxic materials

The Independent UK

Extreme heat hits Iraq, as temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius

Higher temperatures combine with Iraq’s other problems to create a ‘perfect storm’.

Al Jazeera

A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians

A feud between two prominent Christian leaders has divided believers of the faith in Iraq

The Independent UK

Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what’s next for survivors?

The implementation of a transitional justice framework in Iraq could address atrocities committed by ISIL.

Al Jazeera

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UK recognises ‘acts of genocide’ against Yazidis by ISIL

In the Sinjar region of Iraq in 2014, ISIL fighters systematically killed and enslaved thousands of men and women.

Al Jazeera

UK formally decides that IS attacks on Yazidis in Iraq were genocide

A UN report found an IS offensive in August 2014 ‘sought to destroy the Yazidis’ through killing, slavery, torture and forcible transfer.

The Independent UK

The United States, Iran, And The Lessons Of The Last War

The disillusionment of the United States after the most recent wars, and the consequent desire to avoid repeating them

Zenger

UN complaint lodged over Turkish airstrikes on hospital in Iraq

Survivors and witnesses bring case to human rights council over 2021 attack killing eight people

The Guardian - UK

Iraq’s electric grid hit by fire, explosions amid scorching heat

A fire and several explosions led to power blackouts in a country that sees them regularly during summer heat.

Al Jazeera

Protesters, banks demand action after Iraqi dinar plunges post-US sanctions

Fourteen private banks banned from dealing with US dollar for reportedly siphoning funds to Iran and money laundering.

Al Jazeera

Bank owners and citizens protest deterioration of the Iraqi dinar following US ban on Iraqi banks

Dozens of people have protested in front of the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad and bank owners called for official action to stem a sharp increase in the dollar exchange rate

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Evening Standard

Iraq condemns burning of Quran in front of its Copenhagen embassy

Two anti-Islam protesters set fire to a copy of Islam’s holy book in front of the Iraqi embassy in the Danish capital on Monday

WEKU

Denmark's latest Quran burning sparks more outrage in Iraq and other Muslim nations

Protesters set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Denmark's capital of Copenhagen, the latest such incident to draw condemnation from Muslim-majority countries.

Evening Standard

How London became home to some of the world’s largest private security firms

Nestled between London’s members’ clubs, tailors and car dealerships lie some of the world’s biggest private armies

Al Jazeera

Two protesters burn Quran outside Iraqi embassy in Denmark

The incident is the latest in a string of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark that prompted outcry in the Middle East.

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The Guardian - UK

Ann Clwyd obituary

Veteran Welsh Labour MP and passionate campaigner for causes from the mining industry to the Kurdish people

The Hindu

Belagavi doctors perform heart surgery on Iraqi girl

Belagavi Doctors at Arihant Hospital have performed successful surgeries on three Iraqi patients, incl. 6-yr-old Azal Ali Subhi. Led by Dr. Dixit, the team conducted Subaortic Membrane Excision to restore normal blood flow.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning

Protesters gather after reports that the far-right Danish group Danske Patrioter burned the Quran in Copenhagen.

WEKU

Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over Quran and flag burning in Denmark

Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen.

The Independent UK

Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark

Hundreds of protesters have attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen

France 24

Thousands in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon protest Koran desecration in Sweden

Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in Iraq.

Al Jazeera

Swedish embassy in Iraq relocates after attack over Quran burning

Swedish telecoms company Ericsson also looking into reports that Iraq has suspended its work permits there.

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