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Ali Al Zaidi, Prime Minister of Iraq, shakes hands with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington. AFP

Iraq PM charms Trump on visit but real gains remain questionable, experts say

Successful trip aims to keep Washington close but new Iraqi Prime Minister must also juggle relations with Iran

Iraq and Syria agree to revive defunct crude oil pipeline

Chevron in talks with Iraq on West Qurna 2 and Nasiriyah fields

Iraq warns of 1,400MW power shortage as Dana Gas shuts operations due to 'credible security threats'

Strait of Hormuz crisis prompts Iraq and Jordan to revisit oil pipeline plan

Iraq arrests senior military officers in widening corruption crackdown

US backs Iraq-Syria oil pipeline amid efforts to bypass Strait of Hormuz

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US President Donald Trump with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Reuters

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on Iraq recovering 375kg of gold in anti-corruption raids

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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi says he wants relations with the US to move 'beyond crisis management to opportunity creation'. Reuters

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Australian engineer Robert Pether with his sons Flynn and Oscar in Ireland before his detention in Iraq. Photo: Pether family

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Son of Dubai resident held in Iraq says father lives in 'fear and isolation'

Plan to sell Robert Pether’s family home in Ireland is like 'watching a piece of my dad disappear'

$20m stuffed into water bottles seized in Iraqi corruption probe

Iraq signs joint management deal with US Halliburton for two oilfields

Iraqi PM faces backlash from political parties over bold anti-corruption drive

Funeral ceremonies for Khamenei to be held in Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala

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Bassim Khudair, Iraq's Minister of Oil, oversees the signing of a deal with Chevron to exchange data on the West Qurna 2 oilfield in Basra province. Photo: Iraqi Oil Ministry

Basra Oil Company and Chevron seal deal to monitor vast Iraqi oilfield

Agreement comes after new Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi pledges priority for US firms ahead of visit to Washington

Baghdad recovers $14.5 million in Iraqi Airways fraud case

Iraq seeks to repair Gulf ties strained by Iran war

$14 million hidden in the walls: Raid on home of Iraqi deputy oil minister

EditorialIraqis want an end to corruption. Their government must deliver

UN fears for Dubai resident held in Iraq for five years

CommentThere is more to Iraq's corruption crackdown than meets the eye

Central Baghdad on Sunday. Iraqi authorities arrested 47 officials, including members of parliament, as part of an anti-graft campaign. AFP

EditorialIraqis want an end to corruption. Their government must deliver

The country's corruption challenge is structural and endemic

UN fears for Dubai resident held in Iraq for five years

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