iraq

Baghdad--Iraqis voted Sunday in an election testing the mettle of the country's still-fragile democracy as insurgents killed 19 people in…

Baghdad--A string of three deadly suicide bombings killed at least 30 people in the former insurgent stronghold of Baqouba on…

Baghdad--Outside powers, especially Iran and its US foe, have huge stakes in Sunday's Iraqi election and the messy, maybe violent,…

Arbil, Iraq--Tensions between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs may one day lead to armed conflict but, after an election in March,…

Baghdad--A visit to Saudi Arabia by one of Iraq's most prominent candidates in next month's parliamentary election has sparked controversy…

Riyadh--Saudi King Abdullah, head of the most influential Sunni nation in the Middle East, held talks on Saturday with former…

Iraq’s 7 March parliamentary elections represent the ultimate “stress test” for the country’s fragile democratic transition. Just as a cardiologist…

Baghdad--Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came out of local polls last year as Iraq's dominant leader, but a string of bombings…

Baghdad-- Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly…