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U.S. Urges Justice Following PMF Raid on Baghdad Government Office
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has urged the Iraqi government to immediately hold accountable members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) involved in a violent assault on a government office in the capital. "We call on the Government of...
Iraq Faces Intense Heatwave
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A relentless heatwave is gripping Iraq, with the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology reporting that temperatures surged beyond 50 degrees Celsius in 13 governorates on Monday. According to a statement from the organization,...
Blistering Heatwave Grips Iraq
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) An intense heatwave is gripping Iraq, pushing temperatures beyond 50 degrees Celsius across 13 provinces on Monday, according to a statement from the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology. The peak temperature hit 51 degrees...
Gunfire Claims Two Lives in Baghdad Ministry Assault
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) A federal police officer and a civilian lost their lives Sunday when armed assailants launched an attack on the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture's office in Baghdad, according to a source from the Interior Ministry. The ministry reported...
Iraqi PM, U.S. Rubio Hold Talks on Key Issues
MENAFN
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July 24, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani engaged in a critical phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the state of bilateral ties and pressing regional developments, according to al-Sudani’s media office on...
Iraq’s Midland Oil Seals Agreement with U.S. Schlumberger
MENAFN
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July 24, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraq’s Midland Oil Company, a state-owned enterprise, has entered into an agreement with U.S.-based energy giant Schlumberger to advance the development of the Akkas gas field located in the western Anbar province, according to the Iraqi...
Dwelling Fire in Iraq Leaves Four Dead
MENAFN
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July 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A devastating fire engulfed a residential building in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of at least four people and critically injuring two more, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source told media. The blaze ignited in the...
Iraq Reports 30 Deaths from CCHF
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) The number of confirmed deaths from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Iraq has climbed to 30, with 231 total infections reported across the country so far this year, the Iraqi Health Ministry said Monday. According to ministry...
Rubio Urges Iraq to Deal with Energy Attacks
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently held a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to discuss a string of assaults on Iraq’s energy facilities, including those run by American firms, according to a...
Iraq Uncovers Groups Behind Drone Strikes on Military Bases
MENAFN
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July 19, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraqi authorities confirmed on Friday that they have identified the groups responsible for the recent drone strikes targeting military radar installations. However, specifics about the perpetrators were not disclosed. Sabah al-Numan,...
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever kills thirty civilians in Iraq
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) The number of deaths linked to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Iraq has reached 30, with health officials confirming 231 cases across the country since the start of the year, according to reports from the Iraqi Health Ministry....
Heat Pump Industry on the Rise: Global Market to Expand Significantly by 2030
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 21, 2025
Boston, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the latest study from BCC Research, “Heat Pumps: Global Markets to 2030,” the market is expected to increase from $93.2 billion in 2025 to $134.8 billion by the end of 2030, at a compound...
PKK fighters start public disarmament in Iraq
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN) At the base of a mountain in northern Iraq, thirty members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) — half of them women — threw their rifles into a fire near a cave close to the town of Dukan, approximately 60 kilometers from Sulaymaniyah....
U.S. Denounces Drone Attacks on Iraqi Oil Fields
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States sharply condemned a series of drone attacks targeting oil fields in the Iraqi Kurdish region on Wednesday, emphasizing the threat these assaults pose to the country’s stability and economic progress. State Department...
Devastating Fire Engulfs Shopping Center in Iraq, Killing Over 60
MENAFN
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July 20, 2025
(MENAFN) A devastating fire engulfed a shopping center in eastern Iraq on Thursday, resulting in at least 61 fatalities and prompting the rescue of dozens, the country’s Interior Ministry confirmed. The inferno erupted in Kut, the capital city of...
Iraq Deploys Twenty Firefighting Teams to Syria as Wildfires Persist
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraq's Civil Defense Directorate announced on Thursday that it is deploying 20 firefighting teams to Syria’s northwestern Latakia province, where devastating wildfires have been burning for over a week. Nawas Sabah, head of the Civil...
Iraq Sees Dramatic Rise in Internet Users
MENAFN
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July 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Iraq's Ministry of Communications announced on Saturday a dramatic surge in internet adoption, revealing that by the end of 2024, 82.9% of the nation's population had internet access. Citing figures from the International...
KBR Secures Two-Year Renewal of EPCM Contract with Basra Oil Company for the Majnoon Oil Field in Iraq
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 17, 2025
HOUSTON, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has secured the renewal of its engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contract with Basra Oil Company (BOC) for the Majnoon Oil Field for an...
Fire in Iraqi shopping center claim lives of sixty civilians
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN) A devastating fire swept through a shopping center in eastern Iraq on Thursday, leaving at least 61 people dead, according to the Interior Ministry. The incident occurred in the city of Kut, located in Wasit governorate, southeast of...
MENA Energy Recap, Q2 2025: Markets Soften, Resolve Hardens, Investments Grow
Middle East Institute
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July 17, 2025
The MENA Energy Recap is a quarterly review of key energy developments that took place in the region from April through June of 2025 and what they signal in the months ahead. The Recap views these developments through the lens of policy and...