The robots being used in the restaurant are imported but the installation, applications and their servers are managed by the University of Mosul.

An Iraqi court adjourned a hearing Sunday to allow a man to formalize his religious marriage to a 12-year-old girl, according to a lawyer for the girl's mother.

Iraq and Germany have said there was a need for moving quickly to stop the networks of human trafficking. Iraqi media reports said that foreign minister Fuad Hussain met with the German minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Miguel Burger, on the sidelines of the Regional Security Summit, The IISS...

A regional economic bloc must be formed and includes Iraq, Turkey and Iran to become a regional power that allows it to compete with economic groupings around the world, said Muhammad Hanoun, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce at the Iraqi-Turkish Business Forum for Investment and Contracting.

Iraq has attributed 'the victory over terrorism' to a comprehensive national strategy that it has adopted to deal with violent groups like ISIS.

Polish border guards said there were attempted crossings by two groups on what is the eastern border of the European Union and NATO -- one involving 500 migrants, some of whom threw rocks and tear gas canisters. The border guards said they had detained 45 migrants.

Influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, the big winner in initial results from Iraq's election last month, on Thursday called on the "losers" not to disturb the war-scarred country's democratic process. Sadr, who campaigned as a nationalist and critic of Iran, was the big winner with more than 70 of the...

Iraq has summoned its cultural attache in Beirut for an investigation into the alleged sale of fake Lebanese university degrees to Iraqis, including MPs.

Iraq is expected to scale up its oil exports to 3.4 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2022. Ihsan Abdul Jabbar, the Iraqi oil minister, was quoted by the Iraqi state news agency as saying.

The deals were signed at the Saudi Trade Finance Summit.

Thousands of migrants from the Middle East, including many from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, are camped out on the EU-Belarus border.

Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment.

Iraq said on Friday it was drawing up lists of those among the hundreds of Iraqis blocked on the border between Belarus and Poland who wish to be repatriated voluntarily. "We are ready to organize more than one trip to provide an urgent response to anyone wanting to come home...

Ankara on Friday banned citizens of Syria, Iraq and Yemen from flying from Turkish airports to Belarus because of the refugee crisis at the former Soviet country's border with Poland.

About 3,000 Kurds have left the region in the past three months, of whom 1,600 have gone to Belarus on tourist visas, according to the Kurdistan Refugee Association.

Analysts say pro-Iran groups use coercive power to maintain their standing and refuse to be excluded from any backstage negotiations on government formation.

Iran on Sunday said it condemned a drone attack targeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi and urged "vigilance to foil plots aimed at the security and development" of his country. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Said Khatibzadeh directed blame at the United States.

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said he was unhurt and appealed for "calm and restraint" after a drone attack on his residence early Sunday heightened political tensions in the war-scarred country.

The attack came during a period of soaring tensions over the results of the October 10 elections.

Hundreds of supporters of pro-Iran groups clashed with security forces in Iraq's capital on Friday, expressing their fury over last month's election result, AFP journalists and a security source said.

Basra province gets only 1 trillion dinars out of the total Iraqi budget of 130 trillion Iraqi dinars ($89 billion), according to deputy governor Dorgham al-Ajwadi.

Kuwait has received additional reparations of almost $500 million for Iraq's 1990 invasion, the Iraqi embassy in Kuwait said.

The last edition of the festival was held in 2002, the year before the US-led invasion that toppled the veteran dictator Saddam Hussein.

The attack, the first to target the Green Zone since July 29, comes as authorities conduct a recount of votes cast in an Oct.10 parliamentary poll.

The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.

In order to cut out carbon emissions completely, Iraq will stop burning associated gas permanently in 2025.

Iraq is looking to establish a big solar power plant in the Najaf area that could generate 1,000 megawatts of solar power.

Lost in rocky hills and surrounded by humble palm groves, Al-Sahl is around 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad.

The carvings - 12 panels measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall - date from the reigns of Sargon II (721-705 BC) and his son Sennacherib.

Mayor, university dean, director of the veterinary department, and health spokesperson are some of the senior posts held by women in Halabja.

The banknotes were badly damaged after the coffers were engulfed in groundwater during offensive to take Mosul from the jihadists.

The Conquest (Fatah) Alliance, the political arm of the multi-party Hashed, won around 15 of 329 seats.

The agreement is part of the UAE’s endeavors to strengthen and activate means of economic and investment cooperation globally.

A final tally from the ballot, organised to appease youth-led anti-government protests that began in 2019, is expected in the next few weeks, but so far no bloc has a clear mandate.That means the numerous political parties will engage in lengthy negotiations to form alliances and name a new prime...

UN agencies have said the impact of water shortages in Iraq is becoming evident through the lower crop yields for 2021.

The historic mosque is being built under UNESCO's "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative for rehabilitating Iraq's second city. UAE has pledged half of the $100 million for the project.

Egypt and Algeria have the largest number of Nobel winners in the Arab world, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE are yet to produce one.

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Firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr may be Iraq's big election winner but he will still have to haggle with his opponents, linked to armed pro-Iranian groups, to forge a new government. 

Security measures meant to ensure a smooth and safe voting remained largely successful, as only 75 complaints during public voting and 16 complaints from the special voting of security forces were reported. The voter turnout was lower than expected, at 41 percent among the public voting and 69 percent for...

The Iraqi National Intelligence Service captured Sami Jasim outside the country after a complex operation.

In what was the fifth election since the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein with the promise of bringing freedom and democracy, preliminary turnout was just 41 percent, based on results from 94 percent of voting stations.

The United Arab Emirates is followed by Qatar (60), Kuwait (61), Bahrain (69) and Oman (71) on the Henley Passport Index that covers 227 travel destinations.

Security was tight, with all airports closed from Saturday evening to dawn on Monday across Iraq, where despite the government's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group in late 2017, jihadist sleeper cells continue to mount attacks.

Iraq's relations with Iran have improved since the fall of Saddam and, since 2017, the ties with Saudi Arabia have also become better.

A new single-member constituency system for electing Iraq's 329 lawmakers is supposed to boost independents versus the traditional political blocs that are largely centered on religious, ethnic and clan affiliations. The election is being held a year early in a rare concession to the youth-led protest movement that broke out...

Halbussi, 40, travels frequently about the region, trading his elegant suits for jeans during field visits to shepherd the projects in Anbar province.

Dana Gas, the UAE-based natural gas company, has seen its earnings double from its operations in Egypt and Iraqi Kurdistan so far this year.

A new electoral law in Iraq will mean that when Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday, they will vote for individuals rather than parties. This is the country’s fifth election since the US toppled the Saddam Hussien regime in 2003.

Talaat Moustafa Group, the Egyptian real estate company, is looking to expand into Saudi Arabia and Iraq to take advantage of the demand for housing there.