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Electricity crisis leaves Iraqis gasping for cool air
Iraq's dilapidated power grid is unable to cope, leaving business owners and citizens beholden to private supplies
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Rights watchdog urges probes into 'rampant' use of torture in Iraq
In several cases, judges have ordered forensic medical examinations and found signs of torture
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Iraq street satirists peddle culture change
Since the US-led ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraq has been plagued by graft and sectarian fighting
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Gunmen open fire and enter Erbil governorate building in Iraq's Kurdish region
Two policemen wounded
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Two killed in southern Iraq as protests spread
Protests against unemployment spread on Saturday from the port city of Basra to other parts of the country
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Iraq PM heads to oil-rich Basra after violent protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi went to Basra on Friday hoping to restore calm in the southern city
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A year after extremists ousted, Iraq's Mosul still in ruins
More than 380,000 people are still displaced in and around Mosul as the city lies in ruins
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Child beggars fill Mosul streets a year on from IS
After losing parents during IS's brutal three year occupation of Mosul, many children have turned to street peddling
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Two Filipinas kidnapped in Iraq: security sources
The women were travelling with three other nationals of Philippines on their way to Erbil
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Major anti-IS operation launched in Iraq after killings
Marks the first time federal Iraqi forces and the peshmerga working together since Kurdish independence referendum
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Suicide bombing wounds 19 at Iraq ballot warehouse
The vote recount is expected to begin on Tuesday in the Kurdish provinces of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk and Kirkuk
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Post-Saddam Iraq faces parliamentary vacuum for first time
Last ballot is won by populist cleric Moqtada Sadr's electoral alliance with communists
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Iraq executes 12 after PM calls for speedy executions
Iraq put to death 12 convicted of terrorism hours after Prime Minister Haider al Abadi called for speedy executions
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Islamic State: free Sunni women or Iraqi security men die
Islamic State militants have kidnapped six members of Iraq's security forces and threatened to kill them in three days
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Iraq PM warns armed groups against stockpiling weapons
Varied groups have taken advantage of the war to stock weapons says Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
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At least one Syrian soldier killed in coalition strike: monitor
The Britain-based monitor said the bombing raid targeted a Syrian government position in a desert area in Homs
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Seven shepherds killed as Islamic State 'danger' grips Iraqi desert
In a renewed threat to the region, IS has attacked several remote villages seizing 30 locals from their homes
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Angelina Jolie visits Iraq, urges world community to support for rebuilding
They have no medicine for their children and many have no running water or basic services, says UN special envoy
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In Iraq's Mosul, women desperate for news of 'disappeared'
Mosul women gather in the Iraqi city's Al Minassa Square, desperate to learn the fate of husbands and sons
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Iraq's Sadr and Amiri announce political alliance
Fatih alliance was composed of political groups tied to Iran-backed Shi’ite militias
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Suspect 'confesses' to Germany murder after Iraq arrest
A failed Iraqi asylum seeker suspected of the rape-murder of a teenage girl in Germany was arrested in Iraq overnight
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Iraqi cleric Sadr announces disarmament initiative
Sadr who opposes involvement of both United States and Iran, scored a surprise victory in the May 12 vote
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Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS 'war crimes'
The 33-year-old man, Ahmed H, is accused of partaking in the June 2014 execution of 1,700 mainly Shia army recruits
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French woman sentenced to life for Islamic State membership in Iraq
Her lawyers accuses Paris of putting pressure on Baghdad to prevent return of militants to France
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In Mosul, young volunteers help bring city back to life
A group of Iraqi university students in Mosul are salvaging its heritage and distributing aid
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Bombs target Iraq communist party headquarters
Two homemade bombs targeted the headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party, a party in alliance with Moqtada alSadr
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Saudi urged not to turn Iraq into 'cold war' front with Iran
International Crisis Group urges Saudi Arabia, Iran to not turn Iraq into 'battleground' after Iraqi election
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Nearly a year since fall of Iraq's Mosul, hunt for bodies goes on
Over three days, 763 bodies have been pulled from the rubble
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Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc wins Iraq election
Sadr himself cannot become prime minister as he did not run in election
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What next for Iraq as cleric Sadr heads for election win?
Sadr faces a difficult act to herd together groups from across Iraq to form a government
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Fiery cleric ahead in Iraq election surprise
Electoral surprise comes with tensions surging between US & Iran after Washington's withdrawal from 2015 nuclear deal
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Firebrand cleric Sadr on course to win Iraq election
The winner will have to contend with the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s decision to quit Iran’s nuclear deal
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Iraq elections thrown open as outsiders appear strong
Complex electoral arithmetic of Iraqi system means that final makeup of the parliament is still far from decided
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Iraqis voting in first election since Islamic State
May 12 election will face the challenge of rebuilding Iraq after four years of war with Islamic state
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Post-Saddam elections tarnished by violence
Little violence is seen on election day itself, but the vote was overshadowed by threats from extremist groups
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Trump's Iran move reminds some of run-up to Iraq war
The US president charged that the deal, negotiated under Obama did not address Iran’s ballistic missile programme
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Journalist who threw his shoes at Bush set to contest elections in Iraq
Zaidi flung his shoes at the US leader at a farewell press conference Bush was holding in Baghdad
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US returns thousands of smuggled ancient artefacts to Iraq
US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials signs over artefacts to Iraqi Ambassador Fareed Yasseen
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Divided Kurds face losses in Iraq's election
In Iraq's last election in 2014, Kurdish parties won 62 out of parliament's 329 seats
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Iraq voters fed up with 'same old faces'
"It's the same old faces! All they care about is getting rich, not serving the people!"
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In southern Iraq, drought tightens its grip
the country's reservoirs currently hold about 12 per cent of their total collective capacity
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Iraq women with alleged links to Islamic State sexually abused: Amnesty
In a new report, the watchdog revealed widespread discrimination by security forces
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Years after his hanging, Saddam Hussein mystery lives on
The man who ruled Iraq with an iron fist for a quarter of a century was hanged at dawn on December 30, 2006
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US, world powers warned 'fuelling Syrian war may lead to WWIII'
Pakistan's ex-envoy to UN also cautions Muslim countries on remaining divided at the critical juncture
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Five ways Iraq has changed since fall of Saddam
Iraq's GDP has increased from $29 billion in 2001 to $171 billion in 2016
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Will Iraq be next to abolish controversial 'marry your rapist' law?
Activists plan to demonstrate to condemn controversial law ahead of Parliamentary elections
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PTSD an ongoing fight for a generation of US soldiers who were part of Iraq war
Since end of Vietnam War, where 58,000 Americans were killed, several times that number have taken their own lives
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US helicopter crash in Iraq kills all seven aboard: military
A US military official told the US HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter was carrying seven people
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Islamic State militant namesakes face house arrests
Currently, we have identified 97 Mohammed Jassem Mohammeds. All of them can be arrested, only one is wanted
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Yazidi survivor won't return to Iraq for fear of new 'genocide'
Yazidi refugees remain afraid of returning to Iraq following official announcement Islamic State militants have left