Shafaq News/ Iraq recorded 148 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Thursday.

In its daily epidemiological report, the Ministry registered 240 recovery cases and a single mortality.

The cumulative count of COVID-19 cases since the emergence of the virus in the country amounted to 2,324,847 of whom 2,297,303

Shafaq News / The Government of Canada has contributed USD$1.4 million to UNICEF to support close to 1,500 young people in Iraq to generate educational and economic opportunities for inclusive development and participation for a 2-year period. UNICEF will support girls’ equal participation in learning, skill development and employability, which w

Shafaq News/ The Iraqi parliament is drafting a resolution that compels the government to defer the 2022 budget bill, the rapporteur of the parliamentary legal committee, Mohammad Anouz, said on Thursday.

"The political impasse impeded the passing of the budget and hindered the deference of other vital bills, which cast shadows on the economic

Shafaq News/ Torrents rushing down from the Iranian side flooded six valleys in the eastern territory of Diyala, disrupting water stations and the reconstruction of a dam, the administrator of al-Qazaniyah sub-district, Mazen Akram, said on Thursday.

"Floodings due to heavy downpours overflew five valleys in al-Qazaniyah,  113 kilometers to the