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 Iraqi lawmakers are proposing amendments to the country's personal status law that could allow marriage to 9-year-old girls; many associations are calling for these moves to be reviewed
Asia Iraq Iraq's Ministry of Communications has signed an agreement with global telecommunications player Vodafone to launch a fully government-owned 5G network
Asia Iraq UNICEF in Iraq launched a project with the US Agency for International Development to improve the country's drinking water and sanitation networks
Asia Iraq The military company Caci International will have to pay compensation of $42 million to three Iraqis who had denounced the inhuman and degrading treatment they suffered in the Abu Ghraib prison, during the years of the American invasion