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Baghdad - On Friday night at Baghdad's National Theatre, Ahmed Faruq, one of Iraq's most promising new rappers, stood before a crowd of hundreds of young men and wept as he remembered the night his father disappeared. From that day, wounds found in ...
The central Iraq government is locked in a power struggle with oil-rich, semi-autonomous Kurdistan, and many analysts believe it remains one of Iraq's most explosive touch points.
A lawyer claimed Monday that British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson as part of widespread abuse and humiliation of civilians in southern Iraq — actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel receptionist.
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has delayed a referendum on a draft constitution claiming extra areas as part of the region's territory, the regional assembly's speaker said on Monday.
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region has called in international consultants to fight corruption and to restructure its administration, Prime Minister Neshirvan Barzani said on Monday.
BAGHDAD, July 13 (UPI) -- Human rights is the topic of a 10-day conference in Baghdad for leaders in Iraq's military and government.
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff is meeting Iraqi officials in an oil-rich northern city where ethnic and sectarian tensions are running high.
A car bomb exploded near a church as worshippers left Sunday Mass, killing at least four civilians and injuring 18 in one of several attacks on Iraq's beleaguered Christian minority.
NATIONAL - The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The announcement involves three division headquarters and eight brigade combat teams consisting of approximately 30,000 personnel.
(Bill Greene/Globe Staff) Family members and onlookers watch as Lawrence police, firefighters, and State Police search the Merrimack River for missing boater and Iraq war veteran Juan Guzman. By Brian Ballou and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff LAWRENCE --...
A public inquiry started Monday into the death of an Iraqi man who was badly beaten while in the custody of British soldiers in 2003.
FERNDALE — When the bride and groom arrive at the Mandaean Association, the Middle Eastern salad is ready and flower petals are lightly strewn across the floor.
by Tim Cocks and Mustafa Mahmoud KIRKUK, Iraq - Iraqi officials may have high hopes for what the vast oilfields near the city of Kirkuk can yield, but residents of the violent area have a different take on a resource they say has brought nothing but trouble. The Oil Ministry plans to boost production in Kirkuk, with 13 percent of Iraq's proven reserves and a fifth of its output, and elsewhere in ...
Iraqi forces have not called for U.S. help in urban combat since June 30, when U.S. combat troops withdrew from city and town centers under a bilateral security agreement, a senior U.S. official said.
BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible violence this weekend when huge crowds visit a holy Shiite shrine in the capital.
Two Iraqi soldiers took positions inside a stationary vehicle and waited until they were given the command to move. Once instructed, they exited the vehicle and made their way toward makeshift barriers and windows and began engaging targets.
