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Iraqi Prime Minister Sets 5 Urgent Priorities for the Government

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani has asserted that despite several challenges, there are many opportunities for the government to succeed. Speaking at a meeting with the press attended by Asharq Al-Awsat, Sudani noted that "the regional and international community is supportive.” This has been expressed in a series of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad: 'Sexual violence does not go away when war is over'

In 2014, Nadia Murad was captured, alongside many other Yazidi women, by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the Iraqi town of Sinjar. She was held hostage, enslaved, tortured and raped, before escaping to Mosul and making her way to Germany. After sharing the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with…

France 24

Al-Sudani Cancels Security Checks in Iraqi Provinces Liberated from ISIS

Sources close to the Iraqi government said that the decision of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani to cancel security permits in areas liberated from the ISIS was aimed at facilitating the affairs of citizens. Al-Sudani canceled the security checks that were imposed on the residents of the western governorates that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Scots dad jailed in Iraq begs Rishi Sunak to intervene and bring him home

Brian is begging the Prime Minister to intervene and help bring him home to his worried family as the debt has now been paid.

Daily Record

US President Joe Biden mixes up Ukraine with Iraq in 79-year-old’s latest slip

US President Biden made another gaffe in front of reporters at the White House on Wednesday evening as he discussed the war in Ukraine and quickly had to correct himself

Daily Mirror

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce obituary

Chief of the defence staff who challenged Tony Blair on the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

The Guardian - UK

Al-Sudani: Security is a Red Line

Iraqi authorities continue investigations to uncover the circumstances of the killing of an American aid worker in the center of Baghdad on Monday, while Prime Minister Mohammad Al-Sudani warned that his country’s security was a “red line”. The Iraqi premier, who considered that the “timing of the murder of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Al Rasheed Hotel: 40 years of an iconic Baghdad landmark

Since its opening in 1982, the hotel has been central to the turbulent events experienced by the Iraqi capital.

Al Jazeera

Watch Joe Biden mixing up Ukraine’s Kherson with Iraqi city of Fallujah in 79-year-old president’s latest slip

It is not the first time he has muddled Ukraine with Iraq since Russia’s war began

Evening Standard

International manhunt for people-smuggler known as ‘Scorpion’

‘There may be some people in the UK who have knowledge of his whereabouts,’ says NCA

The Independent UK

Armed Militia Announces Responsibility for Death of US Citizen in Iraq

An armed militia calling itself Ashab al-Kahf claimed responsibility for killing the US citizen, Stephen Troll, in Baghdad on Monday evening. The group announced in a statement that Troll was killed in retaliation for the killing of the Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the commander of the Popular Mobilization…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tragedy of British Army veteran haunted by serving in Iraq and Afghanistan found dead at home

Ben Riches was just 30 when he passed away

Manchester Evening News

U.S. confirms American's death in Baghdad

A U.S. citizen has died in Baghdad, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday, one day after police in Iraq said an American was killed in a failed kidnapping attempt.

Reuters

Israeli, Lebanese leaders vow to cooperate at climate summit

The office of Israel's environmental protection minister says she attended a regional meeting alongside Iraqi and Lebanese leaders at the global climate conference taking place in Egypt

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Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack

Two police officials say assailants shot dead an American aid worker in Baghdad in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, The man was shot as he drove through the capital's central Karrada district on the east bank of the Tigris River but the…

The Independent UK

Veteran completes 35 marathons in 35 days to commemorate lives lost in war

Brian Wood completed the ‘gruelling challenge’ of running 917 miles for the 890 British lives lost in the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Officials: US Aid Worker Shot Dead in Baghdad in Rare Attack

Assailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi capital in recent years, two police officials said. The man was shot in his car as he entered the street where he lives in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on the east bank…

The Independent UK

US aid worker shot dead in front of wife and child in Baghdad

Iraq’s PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says a committee will investigate the killing

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Daily Record

Scot detained in Iraq jail waiting on 'permission note from Qatar bank' to be released

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, has been in jail for two months in Baghdad, after an Interpol request by Qatar.

The Guardian - AU

In emotional letter from Iraqi jail, Australian Robert Pether warns his prognosis is ‘bleak’

Exclusive: In newly released correspondence, arbitrarily detained engineer speaks of fear skin cancer will return

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Minor' Fire Breaks Out at Oil Facility In Southern Iran

A fire that broke out at an oil export facility in southern Iran was brought under control without causing any damage, according to local media. "A fire has occurred in an open oil channel leading to the export port in the city of Mahshahr," Fars news agency reported after the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq to Increase Production Capacity at Basra Refinery

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani announced Sunday that the Oil Ministry is working to increase the refining capacity of the Basra Gas Company to 1,400 million cubic feet per day in the coming years. During his visit to the facilities of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fire, Building Collapse Injures 20 People in Iraq’s Capital

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq’s civil defense directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. The official Iraqi News Agency said the civil defense director, Maj. Gen. Kadhim Bohan, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi PM Decrees Kadhimi’s Retirement

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani issued a decree that sends his successor, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, to retirement. The decree also applies to ministers in Kadhimi’s government. The measure is routine in Iraq after any change in government or parliament. Meanwhile, Sudani decided that he will directly oversee the country’s main…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi, Iraqi Defense Ministers Discuss Boosting Cooperation

Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held telephone talks on Sunday with his Iraqi counterpart Thabet al-Abasi. They discussed developing defense cooperation and coordination between their countries. They also tackled the bilateral relations that bind Saudi Arabia and Iraq and a number of issues of common interest.

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