16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (336+ words) 964media KIRKUK — Military intelligence arrested a man known as Abu Sahir in Kirkuk's Yaychi subdistrict on Sunday, saying he held several positions in the Islamic State group while it controlled parts of Anbar, in the latest of a run of…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (178+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has told the Finance Ministry to allocate government jobs or contract positions for long-term graduates in the draft federal budget, after months of protests over public sector employment Posts should be included on the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) 964media BEIRUT — Lebanon's Finance Ministry denied that Iraq had asked for financial or banking information relating to corruption cases, saying no such requests or correspondence existed Reports that requests had been exchanged with Iraq over corruption cases "are completely and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (309+ words) Banks told to build databases of politicians and relatives to the third degree 964media BAGHDAD — Iraqi banks have been directed to build databases covering politicians and their relatives to the third degree as part of tighter scrutiny of politically exposed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (188+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Investigators have seized 7 billion dinars, about $5.3 million at the official rate, along with $5.5 million in cash, 35 properties and six vehicles belonging to the detained office director of former Deputy Oil Minister Adnan al-Jumaili, the Supreme Judicial Council said…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (157+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — The Interior Ministry has warned of links circulating by message and social media that impersonate government and service agencies and lead to fraudulent sites built to steal personal and banking details or take over accounts and devices The…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (177+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — A court has sentenced former lawmaker Kazem al-Sayadi to six months in prison for extortion, an informed source told 964media, 13 days after his arrest No details of the case were given — no court named, no victim, no amount…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (354+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Deputy Oil Minister for Distribution Ali Maarij al-Bahadli has been sentenced to seven years in prison for illicit enrichment, four months after the Oil Ministry publicly rejected U.S Former lawmaker Talal al-Zobaie received the same term in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (150+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — The Education Ministry has closed 158 private education institutions in Baghdad and other governorates, most of them unlicensed institutes, in what it calls the first stage of a wider tightening of oversight The closures were ordered by Education Minister…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (266+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered the Federal Commission of Integrity to audit projects run by governorates with the same scrutiny it applies to ministries, and to activate financial rewards for people who report corruption Projects should be sorted…...