Iraq and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday reopened the Arar desert crossing, Baghdad's border commission said, in a long-awaited sign of closer trade ties after a 30-year closure. Top officials including Iraq's interior minister and the head of its border commission travelled from Baghdad to...

The United Nations humanitarian office is releasing $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries at risk of famine in Africa and the Middle East amid conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, while the humanitarian chief says returning to a world where famines are common would be "obscene."...

A rocket attack targeted Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone late Tuesday. Four rockets were launched at the zone, and sirens were heard in the region when the attack occurred. There was no comment from the government about the incident. Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone,...

The UN rights chief decried Tuesday "deeply troubling" reports that Iraq has executed 21 men convicted on terrorism-related charges, and warned that several hundred other prisoners in the country risked the same fate. "I call on the Iraqi authorities to halt any further executions," UN High...