iraq

KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered…

 London--The man who once served as Saddam Hussein's leading lieutenant has appealed to the United States to extend its presence…

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb has said he would visit US-occupied Iraq only if he received a joint invitation from…

Baghdad--One of Iraq's main Shia political blocs has rejected Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's claim to a second term and halted…

Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a rare, public step into the political arena Monday, meeting in neighboring Syria with…

Baghdad--A fierce blaze at a hotel without fire escapes sent some desperate guests plunging to their deaths in a northern…

President Hosni Mubarak has approved the opening of two Egyptian consulates in Iraq. The first consulate will be opened in…

 BAGHDAD — US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Saturday for a surprise visit aimed at bolstering Iraq's…

Baghdad--Twelve people were killed on Sunday when gunmen detonated a bomb outside Iraq's central bank and battled with security forces…

Ramadi--Abdullah Hasan blames chronic water shortages for ruining his crops and has little faith a new government will be able…