The price of oil initially increased more than 4% when news of the US evacuation broke, in anticipation of regional ...

State Department orders departure of nonessential staff from embassy in Baghdad due to concern over increased security risks ...

The notice comes amid a heightened risk of war in the region—as Trump seems unable to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

The decision comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran as nuclear talks appear to have stalled.

Iraq is a close ally of Iran but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe, the US, Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Former Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is holed-up in a high-security Baghdad hotel with friends saying he is “safe but ...

Iraq has approached the Iranian and US governments in a bid to prevent being caught up in a regional escalation, officials ...

The Iraqi government temporarily closed Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Friday, citing rising regional tensions after ...

The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and will allow military dependents to leave ...

Tensions in the Middle East are also rising due to Israel ’s war on Gaza. Israel and Iran exchanged fire twice last year – ...

THE Philippine Embassy in Baghdad has advised Filipinos in Iraq to avoid any unnecessary trips as tensions in the Middle East ...

The US Embassy in Baghdad and the Consulate General in Erbil remain “open and operating” despite tensions between arch-rivals ...