By John Lee. Iraq's envoy to the UN has warned that Sunni militants have seized nearly 40kg of uranium compounds from a university in Mosul. Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim (pictured) appealed for international help in the matter, while according to a BBC report, US officials played down the threat, saying the materials were not believed to […]
Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, headed Iraq's delegation to the international conference on nuclear security (strengthening international efforts) currently being held in Vienna. The Minister gave Iraq's speech at the conference, highlighting Iraq's international obligations, laws and legislation issued on disarmament and non-proliferation, stressing the importance of strengthening the joint international cooperation frameworks to face up […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ambassador to Austria, Surood Rashid Najib, has met the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, and notified him that the Iraqi authorities have ratified the additional protocol to their comprehensive safeguards agreement and it has therefore entered into force. […]
Levels of violence rose significantly in Iraq last week. At least 50 people were killed and 149 injured in nationwide incidents. This is almost double the number of fatalities recorded the previous week. A total of 48 bomb attacks left 21 people dead and 138 injured. This is twice the number of bombings reported the […]
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Advertising Feature Iraq Business News is delighted to bring you the latest Iraq Market Tracker report from Dunia Frontier Consultants. The market tracker highlights the activities and market performance of a basket of publicly traded firms who derive a significant percentage of their revenues from operations in Iraq, but are traded on foreign exchanges: a […]
In addition to the dispute between Iraq and Kuwait regarding the new Mubarak port in Kuwait, the two countries are also reported to be in conflict about the planned siting of nuclear reactors. Press TV reports that the head of the Kuwaiti national committee for nuclear power, Ahmad Bisharah, has said that Kuwait is planning […]
Japan is ready to boost cooperation and projects in Iraq’s energy sector including rebuilding Iraqi nuclear reactor(s), Hussain Shahristani, Iraqi deputy prime minister for energy,has told reporters. Shahristani reportedly said after his meeting with the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister, Akihiro Ohata, in Baghdad, "we discussed the issue of reconstruction of the nuclear reactor(s) […]
Arab and international experts at a meeting in Manama on Sunday proposed the establishment of a regional atomic energy body to include Iran and Iraq alongside the Arab monarchies of the Gulf. The meeting on nuclear technologies, in a final statement, said the new body could be fashioned along the lines of the International Atomic […]
