Sources: CNN
At least 69 people are killed, 11 are reported missing, and 43 others are injured in a fire at a shopping mall in Kut, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. The Iraqi government declares three days of mourning and the provincial government files lawsuits against the owners of the mall. 2025-07-17
Iraqi militias withdraw from the Syrian side of the Al-Qa'im border crossing on the border with Iraq. 2024-12-6
Kata'ib Hezbollah suspends operations against the U.S. military in Iraq, in order to "prevent embarrassment of the Iraqi government". 2024-01-31
The Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority announces that Iraq is seeking to build eight nuclear reactors capable of producing 11 gigawatts combined to address increasing electricity demand, which is predicted to rise 50% from roughly 28GW today to 42GW by 2030. Average electrical power output currently stands at about 18.4GW, of which 1.2GW is imported. The Authority says that they are in discussions with Korean, Russian, U.S., and French officials on how to implement the plan. 2021-06-8
Five Italian soldiers are wounded by a bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq. Three of the soldiers are seriously injured, two of whom suffer an amputated leg, while another an amputated foot. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. 2019-11-10
The death toll from the earthquake in Iraq and Iran exceeds 400 with over 7,000 injured. The death toll is expected to rise further in coming days. 2017-11-13
The Pentagon announces the death of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL) leader Abu Waheeb and three other militants in an airstrike near the town of Rutba, Iraq. 2016-05-9
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants execute 19 women in Mosul, Iraq, for refusing to have sex with the group’s fighters.{{cn}}2015-08-7
A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match. 2011-05-3
Talks on forming a coalition government are suspended in Iraq. 2010-08-16