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Iraq approves Basra housing project
MEED
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June 30, 2025
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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...
Exclusive: Military contractor says she was fired for noting problem that ‘jeopardized the safety of U.S civilians and troops’
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 26, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Global Energy Security: Western Dependence on Gulf Oil and the Role of Regional Mediation in Middle Eastern Conflicts
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs - Washington D.C.
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July 8, 2025
Introduction The 1973 Oil Embargo first revealed the deep interconnection between Middle Eastern stability and global energy security. In response to US military support to Israel during the Yom Kippur war against Egypt and Syria, the Organization...
YEMEN: August 2025 Update
Strategy Page
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August 6, 2025: Peace talks between Israel and Islamic terrorist group Hamas continue to not happen. Hamas has been interfering with Israeli and foreign efforts to bring food to the starving Gazans. Because of this the hungry Palestinians turned...
EIA reports that imports made up lowest share of US energy supply in nearly 40 years
Hydrocarbon Engineering
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July 8, 2025
In 2024, the US imported about 17% of its domestic energy supply, half of the record share set in 2006 and the lowest share since 1985, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. The decline in imports’...
Iraqi oil exports to US drop 30,000 bpd
Shafaq News
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2025-06-29T07:06:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Washington Shafaq News/ The United States reduced its crude oil imports from Iraq last week, according to data released Sunday by the US Energy Information...
Iraqi Dinar Q&A: RV Prospects Two Weeks on from Airstrikes on Iran
Iraq Business News
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June 27, 2025
By Guest Blogger. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Q: Following your recent article on the Dinar Revaluation (RV) and Israeli Airstrikes on Iran, the situation in...
OPEC+ set for September 2025 production boost
Offshore Technology
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July 8, 2025
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, is expected to approve a 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) hike for September 2025, as reported by Reuters. The decision will culminate the phased return of 2.17 million...
Iraq's water crisis deepens: Kurdistan’s iconic waterfall dries up
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T22:13:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Erbil The Gali Ali Beg waterfall, one of the Kurdistan Region’s best-known natural landmarks, has dried up completely for the first time in living memory, amid a severe water...
‘I needed to leave Man United to grow’: Zidane Iqbal on identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...
'Planeloads of Russians' Touch Down in Iraq as Moscow Eyes Oil, Nuclear Deals
Oil Price
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July 7, 2025
The dull dirgeful drone of Russian has been gutturally resonating around various governmental departments in southern Iraq in the past few weeks, particularly since the U.S. and Israel grew tired of the game of nuclear Whac-A-Mole being played by...
Imports made up 17% of U.S. energy supply in 2024, the lowest share in nearly 40 years
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 7, 2025
In 2024, the United States imported about 17% of its domestic energy supply, half of the record share set in 2006 and the lowest share since 1985, according to our Monthly Energy Review. The decline in imports’ share of supply in the previous two...
ExclusiveZidane Iqbal on leaving Man United, identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...
Saudi plays short and long game with OPEC+ production gamble: Bousso
Zawya
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(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) LONDON - Saudi Arabia's drive to rapidly increase OPEC+ oil output may put Riyadh in the pole position to regain market share today while also solidifying its...
Iraqi tribe demands justice for killings in Turkiye
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T14:18:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nineveh/Sanliurfa The al-Rawi tribe in Iraq’s Nineveh province condemned on Saturday the “heinous and treacherous crime” that killed two of its members in Turkiye’s Sanliurfa...
Iraq’s imports exceed $21B in Q1 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T18:35:21+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq imported goods worth $21.363B in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) on Saturday. The report showed that the...
OPEC+ to Boost Oil Production by 548,000 Barrels a Day
Transport Topics
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July 7, 2025
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] NEW YORK — Eight members of the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries say they will boost production by 548,000 barrels per day in August in a move that could further reduce gas...
Toyota Iraq and UN Habitat Drive Mosul’s Renewal
Iraq International News Agency
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July 7, 2025
In the aftermath of decades of conflict, Mosul, one of Iraq’s most historic cities, is rising from the ashes and beginning its journey of recovery. At the heart of this transformation is a pioneering collaboration between Toyota Iraq and...
Iraq Says USA Company Among Bidders as It Plans First LNG Imports
Rigzone
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June 26, 2025
Iraq is in advanced talks with Excelerate Energy Inc. to facilitate its first-ever liquefied natural gas imports as the country, which struggles with power outages, seeks to cut dependence on Iran for supplies. Texas-based Excelerate is one of...