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Strengthening the US-Iraq Relationship through Energy and Security
Iraq Business News
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July 1, 2025
By Noam Raydan and Devorah Margolin, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Redefining and Strengthening the U.S.-Iraq...
Iraq Opens Two Major Overpasses in Baghdad
Iraq Business News
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July 1, 2025
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has opened two overpasses in the Tobji area of Baghdad's Karkh district, as part of the first phase of infrastructure works aimed at easing traffic congestion in the capital. The project,...
Iraqi PM Confirms Progress on New Cities
Iraq Business News
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July 1, 2025
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani has confirmed that six new cities have been 'awarded for execution', with three more pending, as part of a broader plan to develop 60 new urban centres across the country. Speaking at a...
Iraq's golden opportunity: A new dawn for regional influence
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News In the wake of the 12-day confrontation between Israel and Iran, which ended in a regional ceasefire, Iraq stands at a delicate yet promising juncture. The temporary calm has sparked cautious optimism among Iraqi experts and officials,...
Nebraska: Building a Resilient Manufacturing Workforce
Industry Today
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June 30, 2025
In Lincoln, Neb., the Lincoln Manufacturing Council(LMC) addresses the industry’s employment gap and helps local companies secure talent. By Caden Pearson, Workforce Development Coordinator, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) The...
Ron Paul: A Big Beautiful Bill for the military-industrial complex
The Sun - California
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July 1, 2025
The US Senate worked through the weekend on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The goal was to pass it quickly to ensure the House will then pass it and send it to President Trump’s desk before the July 4th holiday. However, disagreements among Republican...
Balancing acts and breaking points: Iraq’s US-Iran dilemma
Atlantic Council
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June 30, 2025
MENASource June 30, 2025 • 4:11 pm ET Print this page Balancing acts and breaking points: Iraq’s US-Iran dilemma By C. Anthony Pfaff Even without the current conflict between Israel and Iran, the prospects for future US-Iraq relations have often...
OPEC Moves To Regain Market Share With Possible Production Increase In August
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 30, 2025
Uche Cecil Izuora The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is working to expand its Global oil market share and is set to announce another big increase of 411,000 barrels per day in production for August, four delegates from the...
Baghdad Opens New Elevated U-Turns to Reduce Traffic
Iraq International News Agency
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June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani has officially opened two new elevated U-turn overpasses on 14th of July Street in Baghdad’s Karkh district, aiming to ease the city’s heavy traffic congestion. The project is part of the Tobji-Shaljiyah...
Super-Size Me - The Energy Report
myMotherLode - California
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Image Source: Unsplash Get Super-sized! Or Super Hyped! It seems that unnamed OPEC sources now must use very colorful language to get attention from the marketplace because so many times these leaked stories turn out not to be true. Friday the oil...
Iraq approves Basra housing project
MEED
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June 30, 2025
The project will span an area of 3 square kilometres and have more than 5,000 houses Become a MEED subscriber for unlimited access to: Exclusive news, comment and analysis on the MENA region An unrivalled 20-year old archive Exclusive...
Iraq seeks global support to overcome legacy of war
Shafaq News
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2025-06-30T12:42:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Seville Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid called for stronger international support to help Iraq overcome decades of conflict and economic setbacks, while highlighting the...
Iraq ramps up Umm Qasr Port to quadruple capacity
Shafaq News
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2025-06-30T10:30:06+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Basra Iraq’s Umm Qasr Port in Basra province is undergoing modernization to expand capacity and streamline cargo operations, targeting an increase in throughput from one...
What's driving forward US dollar smuggling from Iraq to Iran?
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Iraq's economy continues to suffer as US dollars are illegally transferred to Iran through currency market offices across multiple provinces. [Getty] Despite efforts by the Iraqi federal government and parliament to curb US dollar smuggling to...
Palm Trees: A Natural Defence Against Iraq’s Climate Crisis
Iraq International News Agency
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June 30, 2025
In Iraq, palm trees are a lifeline in the country’s fight against climate change. Ranked among the five countries most vulnerable to extreme heat, water scarcity, and food insecurity, Iraq faces growing environmental threats. Scientists and...
Discover Iraq: Karbala, where memory breathes and future beckons
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News Few places wear their history as openly as Iraq’s Karbala. Each year, during Ashura and Arbaeen, the city fills with black-clad pilgrims mourning the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, who was killed...
Iraq to build 5,000 houses in Basra
Zawya
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Iraq has approved a project to build 5,000 houses in the Southern port of Basra as part of plans to tackle housing shortages, the province’s governor has said. Asaad Al-idani told Shafaq news agency on Wednesday that the project has been awarded...
Iraqi Government and FAO Launch $39-Million Climate Resilience Project
Gulf Agriculture
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June 30, 2025
As part of his visit to Baghdad, Iraq, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mr. QU Dongyu, together with key Iraqi ministries, launched the Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project titled...
Business InsightsHas the oil and gas industry learnt lessons from the Israel-Iran conflict?
The National News
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Open fighting between Israel and Iran, and missile and drone strikes on oil and gas facilities would once have triggered crisis in energy markets. Yet after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, joined by the US, oil prices are lower than when...
Iraq's crisis deepens: Water scarcity triggers mass exodus
Shafaq News
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2025-06-29T19:07:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad, al-Anbar, Basra Iraq is facing a cascading water crisis that has prompted emergency measures across multiple provinces, paralyzed agriculture, and ignited warnings...