Turkey wants an Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline to operate at maximum capacity once it resumes flows through Turkey's Ceyhan, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted as saying by the state-owned Anadolu news agency on Sunday.

"100% OPERATIONAL CONTROL will be had at the southern border," said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of the announcement on X

Citizens of certain countries traveling to Iraq will no longer be granted an entry visa upon arrival and will have to apply for a visa online.

The Oil Ministry revealed that it has achieved liquefied gas self-sufficiency and began exporting the extra supplies to overseas markets.

Oil prices fell more than 1% on Friday and were headed for their first monthly drop since November, as markets braced for Washington's new tariffs and Iraq's decision to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan region.

A senior Turkish official says groups affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in Syria and Iraq should dissolve themselves.

Oil prices are down 1% on Friday and were headed for their first monthly drop since November, as markets braced for Washington's tariff threats and Iraq's decision to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan region.

BAGHDAD -- The final results of Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years released Monday show the population has reached 46.1 million. In 2009, an unofficial count estimated the population at 31.6 million.

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shared the message "Make Iraq Great Again!" The congressman has indicated that Iran controls Iraq.

Vicky Teigue who is 90% disabled and was five months from retirement questions how the government could turn its back on her.