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Better access to education, the protection of the environment and good governance are some of the areas in which the United ...

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances ...

The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, helping create the country’s worst ...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the ...

More than a month after Iraq's parliamentary elections, the country's top leaders remain locked in talks to form a government ...

The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on Sunday, confirming ...

The US government is backing Iraq’s plan to transfer Lukoil PJSC’s stake in a giant oil field to an American company, days before a sanctions waiver on the Russian firm is set to expire.

We trace the Battle of Basra from its role as Iraq’s southern gateway to the moment British armor rolled into a city already ...

Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N.

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Young girls in Iraq who are years away from becoming teenagers could be forced to become wives if a new Shia-backed law passes. The new law would lower a girl’s consent from 18 to age 9. This includes ...