Iraq

CHINESE companies won five more bids to explore Iraqi oil and gas fields, Iraq’s oil minister said on Sunday (May 12), as the Middle Eastern country’s hydrocarbon exploration licensing round continued...

A DRILLING subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has won an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth 1.4 billion yuan (S$261.4 million) to drill wells with two rigs in Ira...

An oppressive heat beats down on the central Iraqi province of Babylon, where drought and rising temperatures are hitting bees and honey production hard.

IRAQ will begin trading crude oil for Iranian gas to end the recurring issue of payment delays to Tehran due to the need for US approval, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Sudani said on Tuesday (Jul...

OVERLOOKING the Tigris river in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, a 100-year-old mansion stands dilapidated and neglected. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of its faded glory are warned off by a sign ne...

IRAQI sculptor Khaled Al-Abadi’s carefully chiselled engravings of lions, chariots, and birds decorate his Mosul workshop - the fulfilment of a dream to “recreate what was demolished” during turbulent...

STROLLING along the ancient ruins of Hatra in Iraq’s north, dozens of visitors admired the site, where local initiatives seek to turn over a new leaf after a brief but brutal jihadist rule.

Thousands of young date palms, Iraq’s national symbol, form lines that extend from the edge of the desert near the central city of Karbala and into the horizon.

[STOCKHOLM] Swedish telecoms company Ericsson, its chief executive and chief financial officer have been named as defendants in a US class action lawsuit for misleading investors about the company's d...