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Kawergosk refinery in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where the government is at odds with Baghdad over oil production and exportation rights. AFP
Iraq seeks last-ditch deal with Kurds to restart oil production

Dispute between Baghdad and Erbil over oil and gas dates back to controversial articles in Iraq's 2005 constitution

WorldMarch 29, 2023
Russia's strategic nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Tula, in an image from video released by the Russian Defence Ministry. Reuters
Russia announces plans for Pacific submarine bases

Moscow is building a fleet of nuclear-capable vessels

WorldMarch 27, 2023
Haider Jalil, 10, fills a water tank from a lorry outside his family home in Al Bouzayyat, near a dried-up canal, in Diwaniya, Iraq. Reuters
Iraq's water quality in decline, leaving its people high and dry

Many people relying increasingly on expensive water deliveries

IraqMarch 23, 2023
A militiaman patrols the streets of Baghdad, Iraq during a sandstorm March 26, 2003. AP
'Mistake after mistake': How the US failed to stop Iraq's slide to civil war

At least 210,000 civilians died following the US-led invasion of Iraq

IraqMarch 20, 2023
Gif for the Iraq timeline
The Iraq War: from US invasion to the defeat of ISIS

A timeline of key events from 2002 to 2017

IraqMarch 17, 2023
A still image from the video made available by US Central Command (Centcom). EPA
Footage shows Russian jet spraying aviation fuel on US drone

Russian and US defence secretaries held a call to discuss the incident on Wednesday

WorldMarch 16, 2023
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft taking off on a training mission at Creech Air Force Base, US. EPA
What could happen after MQ-9 reaper drone incident?

Russia and the US say no weapons were used during the downing of the drone on Tuesday

WorldMarch 15, 2023
US marines take position near a portrait of then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, during the Second Gulf War in 2003. AFP
Iraq invasion: how attempt to rebuild police brought chaos

Iraqi, British and American veterans recall a scramble to train security forces as the country slid into civil conflict

WorldMarch 15, 2023
Iraqis fleeing during the fighting between US and Iraqi forces in 2003. AFP
Iraqis recall secure yet impoverished lives before era of chaos

The final weeks of Saddam Hussein's rule are recalled as a time of ominous uncertainty

IraqMarch 15, 2023
A demonstration of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System in operation. Its recent deployment saved six people in Brazil. Photo: Cirrus Aircraft
Plane uses parachute after engine fails, saving six on board

Rescuers found the four adults and two children — one just three days old — dazed but unharmed

The AmericasMarch 12, 2023
Nasa images show observations of asteroid Dimorphos several hours after the DART mission. EPA
Test to smash asteroid off course with DART spacecraft successful, Nasa says

The space vehicle collided with the asteroid Dimorphos last year but results were announced on Wednesday

WorldMarch 02, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting of security chiefs. EPA
Iranians given visa-free travel to Russia for up to six months

Relations between the two countries are deepening

IranMarch 01, 2023
The Hadarat bridge across the Euphrates river, which has seen a sharp fall in water levels, in Nasiriyah. AFP
Tigris and Euphrates river levels plummet in Iraq

Iraq relies on the rivers for the majority of its freshwater supply

WorldFebruary 26, 2023
The mysterious ball on a beach in Hamamatsu, Japan. Reuters.
Metal ball on Japanese beach causes bomb scare

Investigators examined the rusting metal orb with an X-ray device

AsiaFebruary 22, 2023
A US Air Force pilot looking down at a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the United States. EPA
Photo shows view from U-2 plane above Chinese spy balloon

US reconnaissance aircraft, which entered service in 1956, was on a rare mission over American soil

USFebruary 22, 2023
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