Ten servicemen who were killed when their plane was shot down during the conflict in Iraq have been remembered 20 years on ...

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce, and inheritance.

Swedish prosecutors say they have ordered the release of five men who were arrested after the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man ...

Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be under the control of Islamic courts, which some ...

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, putting the former congressman and Iraq ...

Four people were killed on Monday in an air strike blamed on Turkey in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish sources ...

Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that critics say would effectively legalise child marriage with girls as young as nine. The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over ...

The modern all-volunteer military was born in the post-Vietnam years and has struggled to recruit men due to its dangerous ...

Swedish authorities say an Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near ...

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Three men who are allegedly part of a global people smuggling network moving migrants from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) into the UK and Europe have been arrested. They have been linked to the ...