Water Scarcity Cuts Iraq's Irrigated Agricultural Land by More Than 70%

Fars News Agency: Explosions in Bandar Abbas and the Qeshm Naval Region in Southern Iran

Iraq12-07-2026New border crossing connects southern Iraq’s Najaf to Saudi ArabiaIraq’s southern province of Najaf anticipates a new border crossing with Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to boost trade and investment, the governor announced Sunday, adding that Baghdad is now awaiting the green light from Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia, Iraq reject use of states’ territory to threaten regional security

Kurdish rights commission slams IRGC killing of shepherd near Iran border “The Independent Human Rights Commission strongly condemns and denounces this criminal act. This brazen assault on the life of a civilian is a clear violation of territorial sovereignty and the crossing of borders between two countries, and constitutes a full contradiction of international conventions,” the commission said in a statement. 

US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies aged 71