Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday (October16) it recorded1,077 coronavirus infections and 25 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission’s (IHEC) said on Saturday (October 16) that manual counting of ballots following the parliamentary election is 95 percent complete, bringing final results closer to being announced.

As Iraq’s post-election government formation process begins in earnest, the Taqaddum Alliance on Saturday (October 16) denied a media report that it would join forces with State of Law to oppose the Sadrist Bloc.

Federal Police in Kirkuk governorate seized a large quantity of unexploded ordinance in Riyadh sub-district on Friday (October 16).

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Friday (October 15) it recorded 2,162 coronavirus infections and 32 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Friday (October 15) that it received a new shipment of one million doses of Sinopharm-produced COVID-19 vaccine.

Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said on Friday (October 15) that the results from the parliamentary election that have been announced so far are preliminary, with the full counting process approximately 70 percent complete.

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday (October 14) it recorded 2,383 coronavirus infections and 26 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's economic advisor said on Wednesday (October 13) that the price of a barrel of oil has been set at $50 in the draft federal budget law for 2022.

The General Secretariat of the federal Council of Ministers said on Wednesday (October 13) that October 18 will be an official holiday for the government offices across Iraq on the occasion of the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (October 13) it recorded 1,766 coronavirus infections and 35 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

The security forces in Kirkuk arrested more than 35 ethnic Kurds in the city’s Shorija neighborhood on Tuesday night (October 12), according to an NRT reporter in the city.

The US government on Tuesday (October 12) congratulated Iraq on fulfilling its promise to hold early parliamentary elections, meeting the demands of protesters who came out in the streets in October 2019.

Supporters of a candidate who lost in his race for a seat in Iraq’s Council of Representatives blocked the Kirkuk-Baghdad road on Tuesday (October 12).

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (October 12) it recorded 1,644 coronavirus infections and 29 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

After losing most of their seats in Iraq’s parliamentary election, Iran-backed parties alleged on Tuesday (October 12) that the results had been subject to manipulation, setting the a potentially contentious government formation process.

Giving a generally positive but at times critical assessment of Iraq’s early parliamentary election, the European Union Electoral Observation Mission for Iraq released its preliminary findings at a press conference in Baghdad on Tuesday (October 12).

A day after Iraqi voters went to the polls for parliamentary elections, the United Nations said on Monday (October 11) that its support for Iraqi democracy will continue.

Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday (October 11) it recorded 944 coronavirus infections and 28 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.

Spokesperson for Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Jumana Ghalaiy said on Monday (October 11) that the results of manual and electronic ballot counts following the general vote in the parliamentary election on Sunday matched.