Iraq

Top-down view of US dollars and Iraqi dinars in an Iraqi bank. — AFP/FileIraq will ban cash withdrawals and transactions in US dollars as of Jan. 1, 2024, as per a top official of the Iraqi central bank, in the newest effort to stop…

The Iraqi government on Sunday said it was suspending the popular Telegram messaging application across the country on "national security" grounds, drawing criticism on channels close to pro-Iran factions. The service was effectively…

The Danish government said Sunday it would explore legal means of stopping protests involving the burning of holy texts in certain circumstances, citing security concerns following backlash over such incidents that saw the…

Thousands of people took to the streets in a handful of Muslim-majority countries Friday to express their outrage at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden, a day after protesters stormed the country's embassy in…

Middle East powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran have summoned Swedish diplomats to denounce Stockholm's permission for protests that desecrate the Koran on free speech grounds. Issued on: 21/07/2023 -…

Iraq on Thursday expelled Sweden’s ambassador after a man stomped on a copy of the Koran at a Stockholm demonstration just hours after the Swedish embassy in Baghdad was torched over the planned protest.Sweden-based Iraqi refugee Salwan…

BAGHDAD: Protesters set fire to Sweden's embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Thursday (Jul 20), an AFP journalist said, ahead of a planned burning of a Quran in Sweden. Swedish authorities approved an assembly to be held later on…

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning, scaling its walls and setting it on fire in protest against the expected burning of a Qur’an in Sweden. All Baghdad embassy…

<!-- -->The source said no embassy staff had been harmed during the incident.Baghdad: Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the…

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in the early hours of Thursday morning and set it on fire, a source familiar with the matter and a Reuters witness said, in a protest against the expected burning of…