Iraq

Germany in talks with Iraq for gas imports

Germany is in talks with Iraq about importing natural gas, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, as Berlin steps up efforts to diversify energy sources away from Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. “We also talked about possible gas deliveries to Germany and agreed to stay in close contact,” Scholz said in[…]

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Iraq security forces kill two protesters in the south

INTERNATIONAL Iraqi security forces shot dead two protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after using live ammunition to disperse an anti-government protest, police and medical sources told Reuters. At least 16 protesters were wounded, mainly by live bullets, when security forces attempted to move them away from[…]

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Iran demands end to Kurdish attacks from Iraq

INTERNATIONAL Iran expects Iraq to prevent the northern Kurdistan region from being a launch pad for “terrorist” threats and attacks against Iranian territory, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Saturday. A statement issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry explained that Abdollahian met Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji and[…]

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More than 6m unemployed in Iraq

The General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) in Iraq raised the unemployment issue in the country, with the number of those unemployed growing annually, without any solutions. They stressed that the numbers reached 6 million unemployed individuals, amid calls for the government and the concerned authorities to take responsibility for[…]

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