ERBIL — Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has started preparations for the 2025 parliamentary elections, aiming to ensure the process meets international standards, Chief ...

This clarification comes amid ongoing preparations for Iraq's parliamentary elections, scheduled for October 2025. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has confirmed its readiness to ...

Iraq has established over 1,000 centers for voter data registration, including biometric enrollment, as it looks toward Parliamentary elections which are expected in late 2025. The Independent High ...

Efforts to establish a new government in Iraq's Kurdistan Region remain stalled as the Kurdistan ... These claims, dismissed by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) and the ruling parties, ...

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp — spokesman for the German Bishops’ Conference and a consultant to the Vatican Dicastery for Communication — was in Iraq this past week to ...

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a "Sesame Street" show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach "values" to Iraqi children.

Ernst highlighted that the agency "authorized a whopping $20 million to create a Sesame Street in Iraq." Under the Biden administration, USAID awarded $20 million to a nonprofit called Sesame ...

The Federal Government of Iraq aims to unify the country under its control by ending Kurdistan's independence and controlling all oil and gas production and revenue. The ongoing oil embargo and ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s legislature on Tuesday passed three controversial bills regarding the return of land confiscated under the Baath regime to the original Kurdish owners ...

Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments give ...

“The objective is to enhance production and achieve optimal targeted rates of oil and gas output,” the Iraq prime minister’s office said on X on Wednesday. Tuesday's meeting follows a non ...

Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that critics say will effectively legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine. The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic ...