Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has cast himself as the leader who can finally make the country a success after years of instability, and has moved against established parties that brought him to power as he seeks a second term.

The US Secretary of War reportedly called his Iraqi counterpart to issue its "sternest warning yet" to Baghdad. Reports are swirling about a phone call reportedly made between US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and his Iraqi counterpart.

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has praised a Kurdish separatist group's decision to withdraw fighters from northern Iraq and Turkey

Iraq launches a new planning strategy to reduce population pressure on Baghdad by creating new towns, relocating major projects, and developing the Development Road corridor.

Pakistan and Iraq have reaffirmed their mutual commitment to further strengthen the longstanding brotherly ties between the two countries.