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BASRA, Iraq— Protesters blocked a bridge in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Friday, calling for the provincial governor to resign, as the…

BAGHDAD — Lawyers have added their voices to anti-government protests in Iraq that have been inspired by the popular uprisings in Egypt and…

An Iraqi government official says Iran has handed over the remains of 38 Iraqi soldiers killed during the 1980s war between the two nations. Iraqi…

The West should stop its apologetic policy toward Iran and be prepared to use force if necessary to halt Teheran’s nuclear program as well as its…

BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities on Friday said 12 terrorist detainees disguised in police uniforms have escaped from a prison in the southern port city…

Dozens of men gathered in the smoky little club to watch five scantily clad dancers sway their hips to the beat of a drum and the grooves of an…

A fiercely anti-American Shiite cleric who heads Iraq's most feared militia has returned after nearly four years in self-imposed exile, to the…

BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck three Shiite cities in southern Iraq  on Monday, killing more than 20 people in an apparent move to derail progress toward…

The ushpizin (guests) at the upcoming International Storytelling Festival in Givatayim are Taffy Thomas, Queen Elizabeth’s storytelling laureate, Dan…

The Egyptian government has announced its intention to continue decreasing electric output pending the end of a heat-wave which saw temperatures…

A suicide car bomber killed eight near Baghdad Sunday, most of them civilians in line at post office collecting a monthly stipend for some of the…

BAGHDAD  — Twin blasts at a market in Basra killed at least 10 people and wounded 35 on Saturday evening, Iraqi officials said. Two police officials…

President Barack Obama was fully justified in dismissing Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The firing offense did not rise to the level of insubordination –…

BAGHDAD — The death toll for a devastating day of attacks across Iraq rose to 119 on Tuesday as the worst hit cities of Basra and Hilla south of…

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory Monday in a crowd that gathered after two cars bombings at the same spot in the…

BAGHDAD— Officials say at least 15 people have been killed by two bombings that hit the southern city of Basra, pushing the death toll for Iraq's…

BAGHDAD — A jubilant Ayad Allawi claimed victory for his secular, anti-Iranian coalition as final parliamentary returns Friday showed him edging out…

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country's parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq's…

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…

BAGHDAD- It was seized from Jewish families and wound upsoaking in sewage water in the basement of a secret police building. Rescued from the chaos…