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

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

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

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

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 ...

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

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, including the amended personal status law and a general ...

right-wing Iraqi political parties have attempted to roll back these rights. Previous versions of the bill have included rules preventing Muslim men from marrying non-Muslims, the legalisation of ...

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the ...

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

They have alleged links to the same network as Amanj Hasan Zada, who was jailed for 17 years, the National Crime Agency said. Three men who were part of a global people smuggling network moving ...

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 ...