A fire tore through a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing at least 61 people, including women and children, according to officials.

Iraqi Kurdistan will resume oil exports through a pipeline to Turkey after a two-year halt, Iraq's federal government said on Thursday despite a fourth day of drone attacks that have shut down half of the region's output.

Iraq approved a plan for its semi-autonomous Kurdish region to transfer oil to Baghdad, a step toward resuming exports that have been halted for more than two years.

BAGHDAD: Iraq has detained six local officials and suspended other public employees following a fire that killed 61 people at a shopping mall earlier this week, authorities said Saturday.

The State Department says it is ending its ordered departure status for U.S. diplomats and other government employees at its embassy and consulate in Iraq. Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided on July 17 to lower the security alert level for staffers at the Baghdad embassy and consulate in Irbil.

Over the years, he lived in six different large cities across Ukraine before realizing that what he really wanted was to settle in an authentic Ukrainian village house. He eventually moved to Demeshkivtsi in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast,

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture declared on Tuesday that it had achieved self-sufficiency in wheat for the third year in a row.

Iraq prepares advanced studies for constructing ten dams for water harvesting in desert areas as part of an urgent strategy to ensure water security and reduce dependence on traditional sources. Water Resources Minister Awn Dhiab Abdullah said that these dams aim to store floodwater and rainwater for investment in strengthening strategic reserves,