Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...

Al-Maliki's order came a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. He criticized the government for denying ...

But he also criticized the Iraqi government for denying that it sent envoys to him to discuss last week's government offensive in Basra. The offensive sparked fighting between security forces in other ...

Beneath the broken earth of the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher in the western region of Darfur, Nafisa Malik clutches ...

The Foreign Office is advising UK travelers to ensure they have the necessary documents before heading to the airport.

The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost ...

Iraq is moving urgently to mitigate the anticipated electricity deficit this summer after the US declined to renew a waiver ...

More than 10 months on from elections, Iraq still has no government, new prime minister or new president, because of disagreement between factions over forming a coalition. Sadr wants parliament ...

Leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement Muqtada al-Sadr has warned against Israel’s “colonial advance” in Syrian territory, urging the head of the transitional government in Syria to take a stand in the ...

“It includes the Baba and Avanah domes of the Kirkuk oil field and three adjacent fields – Bai Hassan, Jambur and Khabbaz – in Federal Iraq, all of which are currently operated by the NOC ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dan Driscoll to be the next Army secretary, voting 66-28 to put the former soldier and Iraq War veteran at the helm of the service. Driscoll ...

BP Plc finalized an agreement with the government of Iraq to redevelop the giant Kirkuk oil fields, a deal that signals a return to the company’s Middle Eastern roots and should help to bolster ...