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Iraqi boy, 10, eludes security to board Iran-bound plane

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 06:09 AM

Iraqi aviation authorities have been left red-faced after a 10-year-old boy on his own boarded an Iran-bound plane from a busy airport in a Shiite shrine city after several security checks. Read more »

Nasa 2,000 Pinoy abroad, maaring hindi makaboto ayon sa Comelec

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 10:23 PM

Halos 2,000 Pinoy na naninirahan o nagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa ang maaaring hindi makaboto ngayong halalan, ayon sa Comelec. Read more »

Islamic State leader killed in Syria: Biden

Sebastian Smith with Aaref Watad, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 09:11 AM

The leader of the Islamic State was killed in a U.S. military counterterrorism operation in Syria, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Read more »

'Hundreds' of fake Lebanese degrees sold to Iraqis

Agence France Presse
Posted at Nov 19 11:36 AM

The fake degrees, numbering in their hundreds, cost 'between $5,000 for a master's degree and $10,000 for a PhD', the official added. Read more »

Maagang pag register sa One Health Pass, iwas abala sa airport

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 11:21 AM

MAYNILA - Inaasahan mas maraming Pilipino ang uuwi sa bansa para magdiwang ng Pasko kasama ang kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. Read more »

POEA OKs return of OFWs to Iraq

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 07:16 PM

This came shortly after the Philippine government downgraded the COVID-19 alert level of the Middle Eastern country to 3 from 4 due to the improving security situation there. Read more »

Pope Francis condemns drone attack on Iraqi PM

Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 07:12 PM

Pope Francis on Tuesday condemned the drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's residence as a "vile act of terrorism". Read more »

Iraqi PM chairs security meeting after drone attack

John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed
Posted at Nov 07 11:41 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed in an assassination attempt by armed drone in Baghdad, officials said on Sunday. Read more »

Iraq PM unharmed after 'failed assassination attempt" by drone: official

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 07 10:44 AM

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi was "unharmed" in a "failed assassination attempt" after a drone attack on his official residence Sunday night, his office said. Read more »

PH eases alert level in Iraq, allows returning OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 02:06 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday it lowered the alert level in Iraq due to "improvements in the security situation" in the country. Read more »

Iraq arrests Islamic State finance chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 05:58 PM

Iraq has captured the alleged finance chief of the Islamic State group. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 8, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 12:03 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Iraq holds parliamentary election

Khalid al-Mousily, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 02:50 PM

Iraq is holding its early parliamentary election in response to the mass protest movement in 2019 that led to newly introduced electoral laws. Read more »

Ilang OFW sa Iraq nais nang makauwi sa Pinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 01:03 PM

Humihingi ng tulong ang ilang OFW sa Erbil, Kurdistan Region na payagan silang makauwi ng Pilipinas at makabalik pa rin sa kanilang trabaho sa Iraq. Read more »

IS jihadist attack kills 13 Iraqi police: security, medics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 05:30 PM

KIRKUK, Iraq - Thirteen Iraqi policemen were killed in an Islamic State group attack against a checkpoint in the country's north early Sunday, security and medical sources said. Read more »

Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens - sources

Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 10:40 AM

A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said.   Read more »

Grief, anger as fire in Iraq COVID-19 unit kills 64

Bassem al-Rikabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 06:44 PM

The devastating Monday evening blaze in the city's Al-Hussein Hospital, which medics said was fueled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months.  Read more »

At least 42 killed, 60 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 07:12 AM

NASSIRIYA, Iraq - At least 42 people were killed and over 60 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya, health officials and police said on Monday. Read more »

Ex US Defense chief Rumsfeld, Iraq war architect, dead at 88

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 05:32 AM

Rumsfeld brought charisma and bombast to the Pentagon job, projecting the Bush administration's muscular approach to world affairs. Read more »

18 Iraqis killed in multiple night-time jihadist raids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 10:39 PM

Eighteen Iraqis, the majority military personnel, were killed overnight Friday to Saturday in separate jihadist attacks mainly in the greater Baghdad area, security sources told AFP. Read more »