Iraq News

Bagdad - Draft legislation has been approved by the Shi’ite led cabinet that defines girls as reaching puberty at the age 9, thereby making them eligible for marriage. The proposal has received stiff opposition from secular groups within the country.

Hilla - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a crowded checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and damaging dozens of cars, Iraqi police and a medical source said.Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in bloodshed that h...

Iraq Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has directly accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of attacking Iraq through proxies in Syria.

Baghdad - Saudi Arabia and Qatar are supporting militant groups in Iraq and have effectively declared war on the country, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said as nationwide violence left 15 dead Saturday.The rare direct attack on the Sunni Gulf powers, with Maliki...

More United States special forces are in Jordan to train Jordanian and Iraqi security forces tactics in counter-terrorism operations.

Baghdad - Nine bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more on Wednesday, officials said, as Iraq suffers its worst violence in years.The country has been hit by a year-long surge in bloodshed that ...

Baghdad - Nine bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, officials said, as Iraq suffers its worst violence in years.The seven car bombs and two roadside bombs, which hit six different areas of Baghdad, al...

Kuwait - Militants seized the city council headquarters in the Iraqi city of Samarra and took employees hostage on Tuesday, officials said, the second such attack in recent months.The attack illustrates the impunity with which militants in Iraq can strike even ...

Baghdad - Two bombings in a Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad and other attacks killed at least 35 people on Thursday, officials said, as Iraq struggles with its worst violence in years.The government has failed to curb a year-long surge in violence that has...

Washington - The United States pressed Iraq to explain media reports that it had signed a contract to buy arms from Iran, a move forbidden under a United Nations embargo."We've certainly seen those reports.