Three bomb blasts in Iraq killed more than 30 people and injured 75 others as the Shi’ite Ashura ceremonies opened, while a Christmas Eve attack left one Christian dead in Mosul.
Iran’s apparent seizure of an oil well on Iraqi territory comes on the eve of an OPEC summit in which Iraq’s ambitious designs to boost output could upset plans for price hikes.
Former US soldier Steven Green challenged the law used to convict him in civilian court for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya.
The Iraqi parliament has failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country’s election—which could affect the US military’s plans for a partial pullout next year.
Plaintiffs in the civil suit against Blackwater over the 2007 Nisur Square massacre are divided on whether to accept a settlement. The case now heads for an evidentiary hearing.
Federal prosecutors indicated they will drop manslaughter charges against a Blackwater security guard involved in the September 2007 shooting incident in Baghdad that killed 17 Iraqis.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense says it is launching an independent inquiry into allegations that soldiers tortured and killed Iraqi prisoners at Camp Abu Naji in 2004.
As a BP-led partnership formally takes control of Iraq’s biggest oilfield, local politicians from across the spectrum invoke resentful memories of their nation’s colonial past.
Peter Galbraith, leading advocate of a “three-state solution” for Iraq, stands to profit from oil deals with the Kurdish regional government—but Baghdad still controls the pipeline.
Iraq's central government and Kurdistan Regional Government must protect besieged minorities in the disputed territories of Nineveh province, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
A Virginia federal judge affirmed in the notorious Blackwater/Xe case that the murder of civilians in connection with an armed conflict overseas is actionable in the US courts.
The UN says drought has forced some 100,000 Iraqis from their homes, as a Health Ministry study reveals an alarming rise in cancer in areas where depleted uranium weapons were used.
