Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding in the in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday. The rain started around midday and intensified through the day until midnight.

Talks on resuming Iraqi oil flows to Turkey that have been halted for two years failed on Thursday for the second time in a week, two official sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP

Allied forces are closing in on Baghdad but could soon encounter a Republican Guard division guarding the city, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says. He told the British Parliament that the war objectives would lead to humanitarian help for Iraq's "brutalized" people and a peaceful future.

Three officials with his office who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly said security threats against the former prime minister were

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday

Eight international oil firms operating in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said they would not resume oil exports through Turkey's Ceyhan on Friday despite an announcement from Baghdad that the restart was imminent.

The final results of Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years released Monday show the population has reached 46.1 million. In 2009, an unofficial count estimated the population at 31.6 million. Iraqi officials have called the population count a milestone and said it will provide essential data for future planning and resource

Million People Were Counted in Iraq's First Census in Nearly 40 Years BAGHDAD (AP) — The final results of Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years released Monday show the population has reached 46.1 million.

Washington has declined to renew a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, a spokesperson for the American embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday.

A man rides his Toktok in Sadr City as cars navigate a flooded street after heavy rain fell in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

The imminent inauguration of a Church in Ur of the Chaldeans, four years after the visit of Pope Francis, is a "message" and a sign of "openness", this according to Card Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans.