Iraq signed a billion-dollar deal Thursday with US firm General Electric for the construction of two power plants aimed at easing the country’s long-running electricity woes, the premier’s office said. Under the deal, the power plants, each with a capacity of 750 megawatts, will be built in the provinces of ...
A car bomb exploded Tuesday in an area for car dealerships in the Iraqi capital, killing at least three people and wounding 14, police said. The morning blast happened in the Al-Nahda neighborhood in the center of Baghdad, which has already been hit by several deadly bombings this year, a ...