
In today's top world news: India creates history as Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, successfully reaches low Earth orbit. Iran reportedly targets another power facility in Kuwait, while Bahrain claims it intercepted Iranian attacks. Iraq signs 48 agreements with American companies during Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani's US visit. Meanwhile, gold prices remain on track for their biggest weekly decline in six weeks.

India's Vikram-1 launch | Iran attacks | Iraq-US deals | Gold prices fall

Driven by a fragile stability, a new generation of Iraqi filmmakers is working to revive the country’s once-flourishing cinema sector, which peaked in the 1950s but was devastated by decades of propaganda, war, and political unrest.

'Not easy, but not impossible': Iraq's film industry sees slow revival

Authorities in Iraq have recovered cash and gold worth nearly Rs 3,000 crore from the homes of politicians and government officials in raids as part of a major anti-corruption crackdown in recent weeks. Huge amounts were recovered, buried deep beneath homes as well.

Nearly Rs 2,700 crore in gold and cash recovered from homes of MPs and govt officials in Iraq

The announcement comes ahead of newly appointed Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s upcoming visit to the United States, amid growing pressure from Washington on Baghdad to ensure armed factions surrender their weapons.

Iraq sets September 30 deadline for pro-Iran armed groups to disarm

A major political development in Iraq as Ali Al-Zaidi has been nominated as the country’s new prime minister-designate.

Known for his background in business, Al-Zaidi’s nomination marks a notable shift in Iraq’s political landscape, potentially signaling a move toward technocratic or outsider leadership.

The decision comes at a critical time as Iraq navigates economic challenges, governance issues, and regional pressures.

Iraq: Ali Al-Zaidi Nominated As PM-Designate | Businessman To PM Nominee 

Iraqis were voting on Monday in the first provincial council elections in a decade, with the ruling Shi'ite Muslim alliance likely to extend its grip on power amid a boycott by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, its main political rival.

Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade

Iraq holds first provincial council elections in a decade

Iraq’s prime minister is heading to Washington this weekend to demand that President Joe Biden withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq, announcing to Iraqi media that the visit would “put an end to the presence of combat forces.

US to announce troop drawdown from Iraq, but little is expected to change

Anger is palpable on Iraqi streets as people protest power cuts amid temperatures rising above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). The oil-rich city of Basra saw angry protests by the people last week.

Iraqis protest power outage amid 50+ degrees Celsius heat

From a first date that ended in bloody carnage in Baghdad, to finally receiving the keys to a new home in The Netherlands, watch their story of struggle.

From refugee camp to a decent home, this couple flee from violence of Iraq

Later that year, they caught up with them in a migrant shelter in The Netherlands, where the couple already had family, as they filed their first asylum claim.

From war to peace, this couple walked on foot across 7 countries

Several hundred protesters gathered in Baghdad on Saturday and demanded ouster of US troops from Iraq. Iraqi Parliament had voted to this effect earlier this year.

Hundreds demand US ouster from Iraq in Baghdad

Saddam Hussein's right-hand man Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, a long-time fugitive, has died, the executed Iraqi dictator's daughter and his Baath party said Monday. After Saddam's capture following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the wiry, red-haired general remained the "King of Clubs" in Washington's deck of cards of wanted regime figures with a $10-million bounty on his head.

Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man dies after years as fugitive

United States President Donald Trump will announce a further withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on Wednesday

Trump to announce further reduction in US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

Iraq's top Shiite cleric called Friday for parliamentary elections "as soon as possible" to ease the political crisis gripping the country since anti-government protests erupted four months ago.

Top Iraq cleric urges elections 'as soon as possible'

Iraqi security forces fired bullets and tear gas on Saturday in raids on protest camps in Baghdad and southern cities, killing four people and wounding dozens more, police and medical sources said.

Iraqi security forces raid protest camps after Sadr supporters withdraw

An Iraqi protester was killed in Baghdad on Tuesday, medics said, as angry young people reignited a three-month-old protest movement by shutting roads to pressure authorities to implement long-awaited reforms.

Iraq protester killed as youth keep up pressure on government

Protesters rally in defiance of warnings from the government to demand for an end to sectarianism and corruption

Tahrir Square erupts again, this time in Iraq

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