PUK quits Kurdistan government, threatens to name rival Region president and cabinet

Regional security

Iraq’s Zaidi tells Trump Iraq won’t be a launchpad for attacks on neighbors

Support pledged

Turkey welcomes Iraq’s drive to build and reinforce border posts

PUK reportedly decides to quit KRG cabinet as Region awaits statement from leadership

Export diversification

Iraq’s PM Zaidi pledges to clear way for oil pipeline to Mediterranean, Red Sea

Kirkuk protest organizer detained on eve of second rally, family says

Expanded deployment

Iraqi army reinforces Rawa-Hatra desert line to deny Isis hideouts

Est. 1980

Hamdaniya’s poultry trade shrinks as one family keeps its farm going

Private partnerships encouraged

Zaidi orders military manufacturer to cut out arms middlemen

Ostriches bought online-inspired now roam a Said Sadiq garden

Dump truck drivers block Kirkuk road over checkpoint scanner waits

Kurdistan Region allocation

All of Baghdad’s promised kerosene would not cover Sulaymaniyah, official says

Jobs for postgrads

Iraq bars public university staff from teaching at private colleges

Weather report

Scattered rain and thunderstorms across Iraq as Basra reaches 30°C

50 billion dinars

Basra MPs seek sovereign fund for reconstruction as sit-in protest at oil field goes on

Choppy waters

Iraq’s PM Zaidi lacks experience for the ‘sea’ of politics, Sudani ally says

Nujaba blames ‘Wahhabi and Zionist hands’ for PMF law changes