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Iraq shuts government offices as temperatures hit 52°C

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

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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.

Parents arrested for trying to sell 4-month-old infant

The couple was caught in the act and confessed to planning to sell the child

Iraq foils attempt to sell four-month-old infant in Diyala province

Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 with respiratory problems

Hospitals receive at least ‘700 cases of suffocation’, airports shut

A wheelchair-bound person is assisted by others to cross to a traffic island in the middle of a road in low visibility conditions amdist a massive dust storm in Iraq's southern city of Basra on April 14, 2025.

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