Asia Iraq A 2700-year-old sculpture of the winged deity Lamassu was unearthed in a recent excavation in northern Iraq; the sculpture, weighing 18 tonnes and measures 3,8 by 3,9 metres, is made of alabaster
Asia Iraq The country intends to invite investors for its first waste-to-energy project as part of its post-war development plans
Asia Iraq Washington has rejected Iraq's request for $1 billion in cash from the Federal Reserve, on fears that it contradicts efforts to curb Baghdad's use of the dollar and stop the flow of illicit money to Iran
Asia Iraq The Governorate of Kirkuk in Iraq announced the decision to once again use Turkish as the language of official correspondence
Asia Iraq The country has begun relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from the Iraqi Kurdish region bordering Iran to camps far from the border, as part of a security agreement between Baghdad and Tehran signed in March
Asia Iraq The Iraqi Oil Ministry has received approval from the Ministerial Council of Energy for a final agreement with ExxonMobil
Asia Iraq National Data Center at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet was inaugurated by Prime Minister, a significant step in the country's digital evolution
Asia Iraq Iraq's official media regulator has ordered all media and social media companies operating in the state not to use the term "homosexuality" and instead say "sexual deviance"
Asia Iraq The country marked the ninth anniversary of the beginning of the siege of Sinjar by the Islamic State group on 3 August 2014, followed by atrocities and massacres against the country's Yazidi minority
Asia Iraq In a province bordering Saudi Arabia, a site has been found where captagon, the amphetamine-like stimulant that plagues the Middle East, is produced, a rare find in a country that has become a transit route for illicit drugs
Asia Iraq FAO has warned about the serious consequences of climate change and water shortages in the Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq
Asia Iraq Up to 4 million mangrove trees will be grown in the Khor Al-Zubair mudflats region; the joint project of government and UN agencies is inspired by successful mangrove forest rehabilitation activities in neighbouring Kuwait and the UAE
Asia Iraq Iraqi Airways has resumed flights between Iraq and Georgia after almost nine years of absence; flights will be weekly, with intention of increasing frequency