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Najaf prepares to join Iraq's oil map with production expected next year
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (381+ words) 964media Najaf prepares to join Iraq's oil map with production expected next year NAJAF " Najaf Governor Youssef Kanawi announced the creation of a new department to connect local job seekers with oil companies operating in the governorate, as he revealed expectations…...
Dhi Qar records six hemorrhagic fever deaths as council calls for slaughterhouse closure
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (281+ words) 964media Dhi Qar records six hemorrhagic fever deaths as council calls for slaughterhouse closure DHI QAR " Dhi Qar Provincial Council announced Sunday that the governorate has recorded 41 hemorrhagic fever cases and six deaths, calling for the immediate closure of the governorate's…...
Barzani meets Kadhimi in Erbil amid busy week of political consultations
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (376+ words) 964media Barzani meets Kadhimi in Erbil amid busy week of political consultations ERBIL " Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani met Sunday with former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Pirmam, Erbil, to discuss political developments in Iraq and the wider region, including…...
Baghdad court sentences man to four years for impersonating a judge
8+ hour, 30+ min ago (65+ words) 964media Baghdad court sentences man to four years for impersonating a judge BAGHDAD " The Karkh Criminal Court sentenced a man to four years in prison on Sunday for impersonating a judge and an employee of the Federal Commission of Integrity with…...
Maliki and Barzani discuss vacant cabinet posts and "correcting" political process
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (241+ words) 964media Maliki and Barzani discuss vacant cabinet posts and "correcting" political process BAGHDAD " State of Law Coalition leader Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met Sunday in Baghdad to discuss efforts to "correct the course of the political…...
Baghdad mobilizes for Eid, bans livestock slaughter in public streets
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (245+ words) 964media Baghdad mobilizes for Eid, bans livestock slaughter in public streets BAGHDAD " Baghdad Municipality announced Sunday a citywide service and sanitation plan ahead of Eid al-Adha, including intensified cleaning operations and a ban on unauthorized livestock slaughter in public streets. Municipality…...
Three counter-terrorism officers killed by Islamic State bomb in Nineveh desert
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (139+ words) 964media Three counter-terrorism officers killed by Islamic State bomb in Nineveh desert NINEVEH " Three Counter Terrorism Service officers were killed and four others wounded Sunday when an explosive device detonated during a field inspection in the desert southwest of Nineveh, the…...
Eid al-Adha livestock prices surge in Nineveh market despite border reopening
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (335+ words) 964media Eid al-Adha livestock prices surge in Nineveh market despite border reopening NINEVEH " Sheep are fetching up to 500, 000 dinars ($327) per head and cattle up to 3. 5 million dinars ($2, 288) at the Barghaliya livestock market in Ayadiya, west of Nineveh, as traders report sharp…...
Iraq to roll out automated driving tests nationwide
11+ hour ago (258+ words) 964media Iraq to roll out automated driving tests nationwide BAGHDAD " Iraq's General Traffic Directorate announced Sunday a new automated driving test system to be implemented across all governorates, introducing electronic signals, ground sensors and fully automated theoretical and practical evaluations conducted…...
Basra farmers say 40 farms bulldozed for industrial city project
12+ hour, 41+ min ago (428+ words) 964media Basra farmers say 40 farms bulldozed for industrial city project BASRA " More than 40 farms in the Khor al-Zubair area southwest of Basra have been bulldozed for a large industrial city project, farmers say, with 20 people arrested after protesting the clearances " while…...