With vote counting underway in Iraq, officials have said their work is being complicated by the large number of overseas votes coming...

Five suspected Al Qaeda members were arrested Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a police source...

While a high voter turn in Iraq's parliamentary elections has been lauded by the West as a symbolic step towards democracy, critics and political commentators across the Middle East are viewing it nothing more than a window dressing to tidy up the image of authoritarian leaders and absolute...

The government of Iraq has signed a deal valued at more than US$1 billion (Dh3.67bn) to buy 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners on behalf of its growing flag carrier, Iraqi Airways.The contract was reported on...

Electoral workers carry ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Iraqis are awaiting initial election results for Baghdad, a key location accounting for almost a...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on...

The results of parliamentary elections in Iraq will be released within days, and more than 1,000 Iraqis living in the Ottawa-Gatineau area contributed their votes over the weekend. Across Canada,...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004, some of the most serious allegations made against British forces...

The first results of Iraq's parliamentary elections are expected to be released on Wednesday, officials have said, in a vote seen as a test of democracy in the country. But none of the political...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq awaited initial results on Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival...

The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of displaced families have returned to their homes, according to officials. "Despite the fact...

The outgoing premier dominates in Baghdad and the south; Allawi is 70-90% in the north and west. Turnout of 62%. Difficulties in forming a new...

High turnout in the recent Iraqi election is fueling hope that stability in the war-torn country may not be far off. But the challenges Iraq faces are still considerable. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE...

March 9, 2010 American troops are starting to come home from Iraq, but many Iraqis have yet to return to their homes. In the violence since the U.S. invasion, about 4 millions Iraqis had to leave...

New York, Mar 9 : The United Nations' chief envoy to Iraq called on political candidates and groups to respect the democratic process as counting gets under way after yesterday's vote in national...

Iraq's election success was such that the U.S. military still plans to pull nearly half of its combat troops this year, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said. U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said Sunday's...

national elections on Sunday has enhanced their status of kingmakers in forming the central government, with preliminary voting results expected within 24 hours.The electoral commission said today...

Brett McGurk , a CFR international affairs fellow who served in Iraq for the National Security Council. McGurk says the work of security forces, in particular, was impressive but that a risk of...

Army Spec. Nick Moore sent in this photo of himself, top left, and the rest of his platoon at Forward Operating Base Mackenzie in Iraq. "The only way things will ever move forward in Iraq is if we...

BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of displaced families have returned to their homes, according to...

Defence officials will be forced to disclose documents and provide witnesses if they do not co-operate with a new public inquiry into Iraqi abuse claims, a retired senior judge said today. ...

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LONDON: Britain's decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, says Foreign Secretary...

Iraqis Vote for New Parliament Iraqi electoral authorities say turnout among the country's minority Sunnis was strong compared to the last parliamentary elections in 2005 when many Sunnis boycotted...

A single session of heat therapy using the Thermomed™ device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of Leishmania major...

Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission headquarters in Baghdad count votes following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. AFP...

Mosul, Iraq - Five suspected al-Qaeda members were arrested Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a police source said. "Three of the suspects admitted to firing mortar shells on several...

March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Political maneuvering was under way in Iraq before initial results from the parliamentary election are announced, with early indications that no party would win a majority and...

Britain is opening an inquiry into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004. Several Iraqis claim they were abused at a base called Camp Abu Naji in Maysan...

Istanbul - A soldier was killed Tuesday by an explosion in Turkey's restive southeast region, Turkish media has reported. The explosion in the Hakkari region, reportedly caused by a bomb set off by...

With the publication of Karl Rove's memoir, the American public can expect a reprise of the argument that it was unfair for anyone to accuse President Bush of lying about...

By Pepe Escobar The United States lost the war in Vietnam - which, for the Vietnamese, is more appropriately known as the American War - on the ground. But Hollywood won the war on screen -...

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander...

The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. It says two other soldiers were injured in the same accident, which is...

. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. It says two other soldiers were injured in the same accident, which is under investigation. The names of the soldiers are being withheld pending...