Two members of Iraq's World Cup delegation were detained at O'Hare International Airport late Friday night. One of them was sent back home.

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Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, will be unable to pay public salaries next month if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

Iraq and Syria have reopened airspace and resumed flight operations after precautionary closures, easing disruption across regional aviation networks

An American soldier and a British soldier died in a training accident at an air base in Erbil, Iraq, defense officials from both countries confirmed.

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said on Tuesday they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command.

Hussein was finally allowed in after nearly seven hours, but the team's photographer was barred from entering the United States, an Iraqi sporting official said.

Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was questioned for nearly seven hours by US immigration officials just days before the start of the World Cup. The build-up to this tournament has been marked by heightened security around Iran’s matches,

A U.S. Army soldier was killed during a training exercise at an air base in Iraq, military officials confirmed.

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Didier Deschamps is trying to guide France to a historic feat. They could become just the third nation to make three consecutive World Cup finals. Brazil did that most recently (1994, 1998 and 2002) and before them West Germany made the 1982, 1986 and 1990 finals.

Iraq have called up Ahmed Hassan Makenzie to their ​2026 World Cup squad to ‌replace Ahmed Yahya, who has been ruled out of the tournament with ​a hamstring injury, the national ​team announced on Saturday.