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Watch: Woman runs over policeman, crashes into 3 cars

Footage shows the car moving erratically before the moment of impact

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Iraq: Woman runs over policeman, crashes into three cars

Man paints dog blue in viral video, sparking outrage

Viral footage of animal abuse sparks condemnation and calls for prosecution

Viral video shows man painting dog blue, triggers outrage

Teen driver livestreams at 200kph, kills 2 Pakistanis

Investigations underway as families of the dead and injured demand justice

The Pakistani embassy in Baghdad confirmed it had lodged a legal complaint and appointed a representative to pursue the victims’ rights.

Veteran Iraqi actress Salima Khudair dies at 79

Iraqi Artists Syndicate confirms Salima Khudair’s death following sudden health crisis

Iraqi stage and screen legend Salima Khudair dies at 79 after decades-long career

Iraq warns of historic water crisis in 2025

Severe drought and declining inflows spark emergency

The year 2025 may become Iraq’s most water-stressed year on record.

Iraq shuts government offices as temperatures hit 52°C

Public sector workers given the day off, Met office allays fears of 65°C temperatures

Government offices were closed in seven provinces of Iraq due to a searing heat wave. Illustrative image.

Doctors remove 24 tweezers, needles from man’s stomach

Medical staff say patient ingested the objects over unspecified period of time

Doctors in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah successfully removed 24 sharp objects from a man's stomach. Picture for illustrative purposes only.

More than 50 killed in Iraq shopping mall fire

The blaze reportedly started on the first floor before rapidly engulfing the Hyper Mall

The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but one survivor told AFP an air conditioner had exploded.

Awake & in tune: Singer plays oud during brain surgery

Footage shows patient, fully conscious, plucking strings of his oud with precision

The procedure, which was conducted under local anesthesia, captivated social media after a video of the scene went viral.

Drone attack shuts Iraq oil field run by US company

Strike called 'act of terrorism against Kurdistan Region's vital economic infrastructure'

The attack followed a similar drone strike a day earlier on an airport in neighbouring Arbil province, which hosts US troops. Illustrative image.

Iraq: 200 fall ill in Anbar after eating burgers

Outbreak traced to a popular fast food vendor in Fallujah

The Anbar Health Directorate confirmed 214 cases of food poisoning over a two-day period, with the majority of patients,191 individuals, treated at Fallujah Teaching Hospital. Illustrative image.

Iraq's water reserves lowest in 80 years

Country's share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks

A bridge spans the Tigris river near the Makhoul dam site, in northern Iraq's Salaheddine .province.

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