According to the state news agency, nine people were killed in six different locations.

The warnings forced hundreds of families]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104364/israel-hits-9-villages-in-southern-lebanon-after-evacuation-warning 279104364 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:32:09 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104364/israel-hits-9-villages-in-southern-lebanon-after-evacuation-warning DUBAI/BEIRUT: The Iran-backed Hezbollah group rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on June 4, while Israel said it would not pull its troops out of the country. This weakens U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to stop the fighting and reach peace with Iran.

Iran has said that any peace deal with the U.S. must include a ceasefire in Lebanon. It has also warned in recent days that it could step in directly to sup]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102244/hezbollah-snubs-new-ceasefire-deal-israel-refuses-to-pull-out-troops 279102244 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:17:43 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102244/hezbollah-snubs-new-ceasefire-deal-israel-refuses-to-pull-out-troops TEL AVIV, Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu is facing criticism at home after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel would stop plans to attack Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut.

This has highlighted the pressure Netanyahu is under ahead of the upcoming elections, with polls showing he may lose.

Trump said this week that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to stop]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279097950/as-trump-halts-israeli-strikes-on-beirut-netanyahu-faces-heat 279097950 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:42:05 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279097950/as-trump-halts-israeli-strikes-on-beirut-netanyahu-faces-heat New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Seven OPEC+ countries have announced a second consecutive monthly increase in oil production, agreeing to raise output by 188,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July 2026 after approving an identical increase for June last month, as the group continues its gradual easing of voluntary supply cuts.

The decision was taken during a virtual meeting of Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kaza]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279108014/7-opec-nations-announce-second-straight-188000-bpd-output-increase-for-july 279108014 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:59:06 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279108014/7-opec-nations-announce-second-straight-188000-bpd-output-increase-for-july Paris [France], June 7 (ANI): French football stars Kylian Mbappe and Rayan Cherki have reportedly expressed displeasure over a recent decision by the French Football Federation (FFF) regarding the use of their image rights.

According to L'Equipe, as cited by Goal.com, the two forwards were unhappy after the FFF allegedly granted their images to Betclic, a sports-betting operator, for promotional purposes. The mo]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279107987/mbappe-cherki-reportedly-upset-over-fff-image-rights-deal-with-betclic 279107987 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:34:19 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279107987/mbappe-cherki-reportedly-upset-over-fff-image-rights-deal-with-betclic Chicago [US], June 7 (ANI): Iraq's preparations for their long-awaited return to the FIFA World Cup were overshadowed after star striker Aymen Hussein was reportedly held and questioned for nearly seven hours upon arrival in the United States, reported Reuters.

The 30-year-old forward, who scored the decisive goal that secured Iraq's qualification for the World Cup, arrived in Chicago with the national squad ahea]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106723/iraqi-striker-aymen-hussein-questioned-for-hours-at-chicago-airport-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup 279106723 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:59:29 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106723/iraqi-striker-aymen-hussein-questioned-for-hours-at-chicago-airport-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup Confidence in U.S. security commitments among Gulf and Arab states has been significantly eroded as Washington's approach is increasingly perceived as selective and heavily centered on Israel's security interests.

CAIRO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Over the past three months, U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered retaliatory attacks on U.S. military bases across the Gulf and disrupted shipping in the Str]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106710/world-insights-iran-war-spurs-mideast-security-recalibration-strategic-diversification 279106710 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:45:15 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106710/world-insights-iran-war-spurs-mideast-security-recalibration-strategic-diversification Washington, DC [US], June 6 (ANI): The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday said that it has sanctioned a network of individuals, entities, and vessels responsible for shipping hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian-origin liquid petroleum gas (LPG) intentionally disguised as Omani LPG to end users in South and East Asia.

The network used front companies in ]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279105032/us-targets-iranian-lpg-smuggling-network-and-shadow-banking-system 279105032 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:29:54 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279105032/us-targets-iranian-lpg-smuggling-network-and-shadow-banking-system Antalya [Turkiye], June 5 (ANI): Iran will head into their FIFA World Cup base at Tijuana after they defeated Mali 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday, with some uncertainty still around their participation in the tournament, reported Reuters.

Goals from midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi and right back Ramin Rezaeian gave Iraq their third win in four friendlies this year.

These friendlies against Iran are the only com]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104258/fifa-wc-iran-beat-mali-2-0-in-final-pre-tournament-friendly-to-leave-for-tijuana 279104258 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:59:38 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104258/fifa-wc-iran-beat-mali-2-0-in-final-pre-tournament-friendly-to-leave-for-tijuana Oslo [Norway], June 5 (ANI): The Norway national football team, including its superstar striker Erling Haaland, presented themselves as the dark horse contenders of the upcoming FIFA World Cup, dressing up in Viking-themed outfits, with shields and swords in their hands.

Haaland-powered Norway, led by captain Martin Odegaard, secured their spot in the FIFA World Cup last year after a 28-year absence from the tou]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104245/erling-haaland-in-viking-mode-norway-team-stunning-warrior-styled-photoshoot-ahead-of-fifa-wc 279104245 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:58:18 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279104245/erling-haaland-in-viking-mode-norway-team-stunning-warrior-styled-photoshoot-ahead-of-fifa-wc New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): As national teams enter the final phase of preparation ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Spain and France played friendly matches whose results have paved the way for Argentina to reclaim the top spot in the FIFA rankings.

On Thursday, Spain played their final home fixture before departing for the United States, settling for a disappointing 1-1 draw against Iraq at Estadio Riazor ]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279103316/argentina-set-to-reclaim-no-1-spot-in-fifa-rankings-after-spain-and-france-slip-in-friendlies 279103316 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:36 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279103316/argentina-set-to-reclaim-no-1-spot-in-fifa-rankings-after-spain-and-france-slip-in-friendlies New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): In the wake of the devastating fire at a bed-and-breakfast establishment in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, Oday Hatim Mohammed, Charge d'Affaires and Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq, expressed his profound dismay over the tragedy.

Speaking to reporters, Mohammed stated, 'Oh, it's a very tragic accident. I am praying for all the injured ones to get well soon, Insha]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102363/very-tragic-accident-iraqi-diplomat-on-malviya-nagar-fire 279102363 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:31:50 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102363/very-tragic-accident-iraqi-diplomat-on-malviya-nagar-fire Paris [France], May 4 (ANI): France coach Didier Deschamps gave a fitness update on star players Kylian Mbappe and William Saliba ahead of their pre-FIFA World Cup friendlies, saying that the former is 'in great shape, physically and psychologically' and that the latter will be missing Friday's friendly against the Ivory Coast.

France is placed in Group I in the tournament alongside Senegal, Iraq and Norway and ]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279101390/fifa-wc-deschamps-gives-update-on-mbappe-saliba-ahead-of-france-friendly-vs-ivory-coast 279101390 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:32:55 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279101390/fifa-wc-deschamps-gives-update-on-mbappe-saliba-ahead-of-france-friendly-vs-ivory-coast (Photo credit: REUTERS/Albert Gea)

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said Lamine Yamal could be fit in time for the team's first World Cup match against Cape Verde on June 15 as the forward recovers from a torn left hamstring.

Yamal suffered the injury during a match for Barcelona on April 22. He was ruled out for the remainder of the club's La Liga season, but de la Fuente said he had 'no doubt' the 18-year-ol]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100787/spain-coach-yamal-could-be-fit-for-world-cup-opener 279100787 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:40:24 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100787/spain-coach-yamal-could-be-fit-for-world-cup-opener (Photo credit: Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra)

France coach Didier Deschamps said on Wednesday that Arsenal defender William Saliba is 'fine' and could play a match tomorrow if needed.

The comments came two days after reports surfaced that Saliba's World Cup status was in doubt due to a back injury.

Saliba, 25, played the full 120 minutes in Arsenal's Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Ger]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100694/france-coach-says-william-saliba-fine-ahead-of-world-cup 279100694 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:40:23 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100694/france-coach-says-william-saliba-fine-ahead-of-world-cup Paris [France], June 3 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron met the French national football team before their departure to the United States for the FIFA World Cup, and also met the country's women's football team.

The official handle of the French Football Federation posted on X, 'French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron visited the country's national fo]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098670/french-president-macron-meets-national-team-ahead-of-departure-for-fifa-wc 279098670 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:03:31 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098670/french-president-macron-meets-national-team-ahead-of-departure-for-fifa-wc Ukraine's drone army is reshaping modern warfare, turning the battlefield into a relentless contest between technology, survival and human endurance, writesPatrick Drennan.

RUSSIAN BLOGGERMikhail Zvinchuk, net name Rybar, bemoansUkraine drone advantage:

Zvinchuk exaggerates, but the facts demonstrate his concerns: there are approximately700,000 Russian troopson the 1,250-kilometre-long frontlines of Ukraine]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102849/the-drone-war-turning-ukraine-into-a-machine-battlefield 279102849 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279102849/the-drone-war-turning-ukraine-into-a-machine-battlefield E-International Relations

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Mark Ellis is the Executive Director of the International Bar Association (IBA). He served as Legal Advisor to the Kosovo Commission and advised the OSCE on the creation of Serbias War Crimes Tribunal. Dr Ellis worked alongside the ICTY, the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Cambodia Tribunal and presently with the ICC. In 2015, he was appointed to th]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279101950/interview-mark-ellis 279101950 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:39:43 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279101950/interview-mark-ellis Why the world can no longer be conquered

The end of classical conquest

For millennia, power was measured in territory. Empires such as Rome, Persia, or the European colonial powers built their domination through physical expansion, occupation, and the direct administration of conquered peoples. The equation was simple. More territory meant more resources, more population, a]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100974/the-twilight-of-the-gods 279100974 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:37:38 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100974/the-twilight-of-the-gods E-International Relations

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Dr Brent J. Steeleis the Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. He has been the co-editor in chief of Global Studies Quarterly, a journal of the International Studies Association, since its inception in 2020. Before moving to Utah, he was ]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098971/interview-brent-j-steele 279098971 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:42:31 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098971/interview-brent-j-steele MADRID, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Spain travels to Mexico on Sunday ahead of its second and final warm-up match before the World Cup finals, with coach Luis de la Fuente likely to field a team similar to the one that will kick off its campaign against Cabo Verde on June 15.

The Spanish will make a three-hour flight to face Peru in Puebla, only three days after travelling to their base camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279107225/things-get-serious-as-spain-prepares-for-final-world-cup-preparation-game 279107225 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:17:04 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279107225/things-get-serious-as-spain-prepares-for-final-world-cup-preparation-game PARIS, June 7 (Xinhua) -- At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Group I featuring France, Norway, Senegal and Iraq is not a classic "group of death", but it offers one of the biggest stories of the tournament: Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, two of the most talked-about strikers in the current era, are set to finally meet on the World Cup stage.

FRANCE

The team:

France arrives as one of the title favorites]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106559/fifa-world-cup-group-i-preview-mbappe-haaland-lead-scintillating-attack 279106559 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:46:58 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106559/fifa-world-cup-group-i-preview-mbappe-haaland-lead-scintillating-attack MADRID, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The Spain national team flies to the United States on Friday to continue with its preparations for the World Cup finals with a few questions still to be answered.

Spain flies from Santiago de Compostela (northern Spain) to Nashville after Thursday's 1-1 draw against Iraq and from Nashville the team travels to Baylor School in Chattanooga, which will be its base for the tournament.

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente gave debuts to Barcelona midfielder Marc Bernal and Real Sociedad defender Jon Martin in his starting 11, despite the two being from the group of support players named ]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279103121/spain-held-by-iraq-in-world-cup-warm-up 279103121 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:15:59 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279103121/spain-held-by-iraq-in-world-cup-warm-up BAGHDAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi final of the 25th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students was held on Wednesday at Salahaddin University in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region.

A total of nine contestants competed in the final across three segments: a talent show, a themed speech, and a knowledge quiz.

Bahroz Kanabi Ismael, a sophomore from the Chinese]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100502/chinese-language-competition-held-in-iraq-kurdistan-region 279100502 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:15:18 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279100502/chinese-language-competition-held-in-iraq-kurdistan-region MADRID, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Spain will play the first of two warm-up matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Thursday night when it faces Iraq at Deportivo La Coruna's Riazor Stadium.

The friendly, Spain's only match on home soil before the squad flies to Mexico to meet Peru on June 9, will give coach Luis de la Fuente a chance to hand minutes to most of his players.

However, with Nico Williams, Lamine Yama]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279099577/spain-to-face-iraq-in-first-world-cup-preparation-match 279099577 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:17:47 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279099577/spain-to-face-iraq-in-first-world-cup-preparation-match BAGHDAD, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said early Wednesday that three Islamic State (IS) militants, including a prominent local leader, were killed during an operation in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh.

According to a PMF statement, a unit from its 60th Brigade carried out the task in the al-Baaj desert in the western part of the province in retaliation for recent]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279099327/3-is-militants-killed-in-northern-iraq 279099327 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:45:23 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279099327/3-is-militants-killed-in-northern-iraq BAGHDAD, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Two Iraqi armed groups announced on Tuesday the disengagement from the paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to restrict their weaponry to state control.

In separate statements, the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq movement and the Kata'ib al-Imam Ali confirmed the establishment of committees to follow up on the procedures.

The moves followed a meeting of the ruling Coordination Fram]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098223/2-iraqi-armed-groups-announce-confining-weapons-to-state-control 279098223 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:15:17 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279098223/2-iraqi-armed-groups-announce-confining-weapons-to-state-control The next timeKylian Mbappscores for France, he will draw level with Olivier Giroud's national record of 57 goals.

Giroud took 131 games to rack up his tally. Mbapp is one goal off his mark after 96 appearances.

Mbapp's first strike for France was notched up on 31 August 2017 during his fifth cap for his country.

It was the final cut in a 4-0 laceration of the Netherlands in a qualifier for the 2018 Wo]]> http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106881/players-to-watch-france-kylian-mbapp 279106881 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:02:18 GMT http://www.iraqnews.net/news/279106881/players-to-watch-france-kylian-mbapp https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23g9k4gw9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss 279107914 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:06:57 GMT https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23g9k4gw9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/7/ben-gvir-praises-police-on-killing-shooter-in-central-israel?traffic_source=rss 279107891 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:00:57 GMT https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/7/ben-gvir-praises-police-on-killing-shooter-in-central-israel?traffic_source=rss https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/rbi-european-central-bank-sign-revised-agreement-on-information-exchange-central-banking-ties/articleshow/130994578.cms 279107779 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:17:40 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