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The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), the UN panel set up in 1991 to manage financial compensation owed by Iraq to Kuwait, has submitted its final reports Wednesday in Geneva after Iraq paid $52.4 billion reparation to the Gulf country. Read more
Two Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone that houses the US embassy, reports said Sunday. The Green Zone in Baghdad was the target of two Katyusha rockets. The first was shot down in the air by C-RAM defense batteries, Read more
Kuwait welcomed Sunday a shipment of tons of documents and other items stolen during the country’s invasion in 1990 by Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein, The New Arab reports. The shipment, eight tons, contained archives from Kuwait University, the information Read more
A court in Baghdad has pressed seven years in prison each against a former trade minister and two former officials of his department after they were indicted for embezzling up to $14.3 million. The Special Court for Crimes against Integrity Read more
As a direct result of the violent controversy born of a football match in Baghdad, in all the cities of Iraq, the names of streets related to the Algerian culture or which pay homage to Algerian towns and localities are Read more
Care-taking Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Thursday indicated that he would not seek a new term in office after he lost the support of the country’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. “We respect and obey the instructions of the religious Read more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed ben Salman not to try warfare with his country. The warning came after Riyadh accused Iran of “direct military aggression” following the landing of a missile launched by Read more
Spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ahmad Jamal said Baghdad has requested Saudi Arabia to replace its Ambassador to Baghdad, Thamer al-Sabhan, for he has breached “the limits of diplomatic representation.” The spokesman reiterated however the government’s desire to continue Read more
The Iraqi Parliament has failed to respect the Sunday deadline to approve Prime Minister Abadi’s new cabinet made up of technocrats and academicians, as dominant Parliamentary political blocs want a partisan cabinet in a bid to create balance between all Read more
British TV channel Sky News said it has obtained precious inside data on Isis militants, showing thousands of documents, containing names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of jihadists. The documents showed personal details of 22,000 nationals from 55 countries Read more