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Thousands in bloody protests across Iraq, 28 dead

11:30 pm October 3, 2019

Baghdad: Thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in Iraq’s capital and across the south on Thursday, the third day of mass rallies that have left 28 dead. Defying curfews, tear gas and live rounds, they gathered by truckfuls to vent their anger against corruption, unemployment and poor services in the biggest challenge yet to […]

Baghdad: Shots fired as deadly Iraq protests resume despite curfew

2:26 pm October 3, 2019

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces fired live rounds on Thursday to break up protests held for a third day in Baghdad despite an open-ended curfew in effect since dawn. Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ordered the ban on movements across the capital starting at 5:00 am (0200 GMT) to stem the popular demonstrations over widespread unemployment […]

Siemens, Orascom to rebuild vast Iraq power plant

10:39 pm September 14, 2019

Baghdad : Iraq on Saturday signed a USD 1.3 billion deal with German industrial conglomerate Siemens and Egypt’s Orascom Construction to rebuild a major power plant complex in the ravaged city of Baiji, north of Baghdad. The new deal is part of a broader energy road map that Iraq signed with Siemens earlier this year […]

US drops 40 tons of bombs on IS-‘infested’ island in Iraq

11:39 pm September 10, 2019

Baghdad: The US-led coalition says American warplanes have dropped 36,000 kilograms (40 tons) of bombs on an Island in the Tigris River “infested” with members of the Islamic State group. The coalition said F15 and F35 warplanes took part in the bombing on Qanus Island in the central province of Salaheddine, north of the capital […]

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Iraq suspends US-funded TV station for 3 months over programme

1:18 am September 3, 2019

Baghdad: Iraqi authorities have suspended the license of a US-funded TV station for three months after airing a programme on alleged corruption within Iraq’s Sunni and Shiite religious establishments. The investigative report that was aired last week on Alhurra reported that senior religious figures are benefiting from businesses as a result of their connections with […]