Massive voter card fraud attempt busted in Iraq's Nineveh

2025-04-29T17:51:46+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, the National Security Service arrested a suspect in Nineveh province for trafficking voter cards, according to Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council. Authorities seized 1,147 …

Iraq detains Islamic State suspect linked to New Orleans truck attack

An official with the Islamic State group has been detained in Iraq, suspected of being involved with inciting the pickup truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people celebrating the start of 2025, Iraqi authorities said. Iraqi …

Iraq’s oil exports surpass 106 million barrels in March

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq exported over 106 million barrels of oil in March 2025, compared to 95 million barrels in February 2025, according to data released by the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO). The total exports of crude oil reached …

ISIS official arrested in Iraq over suspected links to New Orleans attacker who killed 15 in car ramming

29 April 2025, 20:45 Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd of revellers before exiting his car and opening fire. Picture: FBI/Getty An ISIS official was arrested in Iraq over suspicions that he is involved in inciting the terror attack in New Orleans, …

Iraq arrests suspect tied to Bourbon terror attack; FBI: Jabbar acted alone.

The arrest came after a request from U.S. authorities for assistance in the investigation, according to the National Center for International Judicial Cooperation. The arrest came after a request from U.S. authorities for assistance in the investigation, …

Iran urges Germany to investigate wartime chemical weapons supply to Iraq

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei in a post on X has urged Germany on Tuesday to "establish a mechanism to uncover the truth" about its role in "arming Iraq with chemical weapons" during Saddam Hussein's rule, …

President El-Sisi Speaks with Prime Minister of Iraq

<img src="https://www.africa-newsroom.com/files/large/04cd40fd065257d" 0="" alt="President El-Sisi Speaks with Prime Minister of Iraq" />Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call …

Controversy in Iraq as it moves to reinstate maritime deal with Kuwait

Iraq oil breach: Pumping more amid price pressure

2025-04-29T18:46:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraq has exceeded its OPEC+ oil production quota by more than 200,000 barrels per day (bpd), exposing Baghdad to mounting pressure to curb output as global demand softens and oil …

Bourbon Street attacker acted alone, despite reports of another arrest in Iraq, FBI says

Clergy and others pray with the family of LaTasha Polk during a vigil on Bourbon and Canal streets in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, for 14 people killed in a terror attack on New Year's Day. (Staff photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune)