Provides the latest RSS feeds for Iraq News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq News.net http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/cat/c31d0aaa23b24a75/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 05:42:00 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:42:00 -0400 30 Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755822/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:32:42 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755822/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755825/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755825/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755663/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:31 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755663/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755826/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:08 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214755826/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) hold a joint news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, December 12, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214753738/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:23:47 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214753738/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 The Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) has announced plans to expand its domestic presence, as well as open branches in Lebanon and Turkey to tap growing trade between the countries, Reuters has reported. TBI is awaiting approval from the Lebanese authorities and plans to apply soon for a licence in Turkey, Hamdiyah al-Jaff, president and chairwoman of the bank told the news service. The bank has 16 ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214753232/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:27:11 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214753232/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to express concern over the recent rise in violence, including bombings. The White House says Biden pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. A statement says Biden and Maliki agreed on the importance of reaching out to all political leaders in Iraq and the need for a ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214752331/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214752331/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedin Khalq in a street in Tirana, Albania. The exiles have been moved to Albania from a camp in Iraq as part of a relocation ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214750982/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:14 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214750982/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Egyptian oil minister Sherif Haddara has said negotiations with Qatar over a gas swap deal and Iraq over oil imports are ongoing and will "soon" be finalised, Ahram has reported. "Communications are open with them," Haddara said. "These are big deals and need time. Soon we will hear that they are ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214749771/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:26 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214749771/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 GENEVA -- The United Nations refugee agency is appealing to nations to keep borders open to refugees fleeing worsening violence in Syria. With Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq already hosting more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warns the number is expected to grow as the conflict intensifies. Responding to reports that Syrians ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214746630/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214746630/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 A British government investigation into claims that Iraqi civilians were abused by British forces fell short of expectations, a court said. The British Defense Ministry established a panel to investigate claims that British forces mistreated Iraqi civilians. One of the claims involved the death of Baha Housa, 26, who died while in British military custody in 2003. British forces were accused of ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214745461/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:57:16 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214745461/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Net2TV Corporation (www.net2television.com) is offering two award-winning movies on its Portico connected-TV service through Friday, June 7. The feature-length films -- "The Conscientious Objector" and "Inside Iraq: the Untold Stories" -- are critically acclaimed and have won awards at CINEQUEST Film ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214744013/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:59 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214744013/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 judgment that could have an impact on how the British military is able to conduct operations among civilians in the future, the court ruled on Friday that up to 161 deaths should be the subject of hearings modelled upon coroners' inquests.In practice, a series of hearings - possibly amounting to more than 100 - are likely to be held as a result of the judgment, which follows a three-year ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214742473/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:01:04 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214742473/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 The British government's response to claims that British troops abused and unlawfully killed civilians in Iraq was inadequate, the High Court has ruled. Lawyers representing 180 Iraqi civilians had called for a full public inquiry in Britain. The court stopped short of ordering such an inquiry, but said there should be a series of further investigations into the allegations. It said ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214736959/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:55:59 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214736959/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 "Iraq Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Iraq oil refining industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the Iraq refining sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of investing ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735525/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:20 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735525/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 The high court has called for a new approach to an inquiry into allegations that British troops committed "terrifying acts of brutality" following the invasion ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735302/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:04:19 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735302/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Norwegian oil and gas company DNO International said tests from a field in the Kurdish region of Iraq yielded an average flow rate of more than 100,000 bpd. DNO has a majority stake in the Tawke field in the Kurdish region of Iraq alongside Turkish energy company Genel Energy and the Kurdistan Regional Government. DNO said a 72-hour test of from the Tawke field averaged more than 100,000 ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735380/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:53:21 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214735380/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 The killing of drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, near London's Woolwich army barracks on Wednesday was a horrific act. Rigby was first run down by two men in a car, who then set about him with knives and a cleaver.One of the men who carried out the killing was identified as Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old British citizen of Nigerian descent. The other has only ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214733522/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:50 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214733522/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Two terror suspects shot by police in Woolwich remain under arrest in hospital. They were named as Michael Adebolajo, originally of Romford, Essex, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, South East LondonThe Ministry of Defence earlier said the soldier killed is 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Drummer Rigby had a two-year-old son and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214733532/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:50:47 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214733532/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 ONE of the men allegedly behind the brutal slaying of soldier Lee Rigby had to himself be consoled by friends in 2007 after a soldier mate was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Two terror suspects shot by police in Woolwich remain under arrest in hospital. They were named as Michael Adebolajo, originally of Romford, Essex, and Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, South East London The ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214732692/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:37:32 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214732692/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Opposition MP Nada Jabouri says Sunni grievances on rights abuses and detentions are real However, Syria is not the only reason Iraqis are again talking of the possibility of civil war and even the break up of their country. "The main problems are inside Iraq, the Iraqis themselves, the leaders," says Hana Edward, an Iraqi activist who campaigned against human rights abuses during ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214732315/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:11:52 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214732315/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Sept. 11 , 2001, the country is more secure and fewer U.S. troops are in harm's way, Obama said while speaking at the U.S. Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington. However, he warned: "Now, make no mistake, our nation is still threatened by terrorists. From Benghazi to Boston, we have been tragically reminded of that truth. But we have to recognize that the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214731788/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:57 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214731788/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 RAMADI, Iraq, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped eight policemen in the western province of Anbar, the police said. In western Iraq, two people were killed in clashes between tribesmen and Iraqi security forces near the city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, when the tribesmen apparently believed that a police unit ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214730774/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:12:47 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214730774/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Iraq on Friday vowed to take legal action against companies to halt Kurdistan's crude oil sales to Turkey. "Any oil that is taken out of the country and payments not made to the Iraqi people through the central government is considered to be taking Iraq's national wealth," said Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani. "There ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214729784/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:49:00 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/214729784/scat/c31d0aaa23b24a75