Democrat praised for serving with ‘immense dignity and courage’ during five-decade career while also perfecting ‘workdays’ to connect with constituents Former US senator and two-term Florida governor Bob Graham, who gained national...
Jury trial against military contractor CACI over ‘sadistic, blatant and wanton abuses’ comes 20 years after scandal broke The first trial to contend with the post-9/11 abuse of detainees in US custody begins on Monday, in a case brought...
The veteran American photojournalist has documented the US’s foreign wars and its divisions at home. He talks about his new book, which brings the two together with ambiguous and often disturbing results Peter van Agtmael was nine years...
Newly released documents also reveal worries that reducing troop levels in Iraq would squander ‘the benefits’ to US-Australia alliance Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails ,...
Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad was 10 years old when Islamic State fighters raided her Yazidi village and sold her into sexual slavery. The gift of a film camera ‘saved her life’ and led to an award-winning documentary The horrors Mediha Ibrahim...
Kurdish women living in Iran face discrimination for their ethnicity as well as their gender. The photographer Keiwan Fatehi spoke to those who left their homeland claiming oppression, lack of rights or fear for their safety and joined...
The reporter’s new book considers the dark comedy of errors – and a dictator’s literary ambition – that led America to war By the time the US and UK were preparing to invade Iraq, Saddam Hussein was spending much of his time hidden away...
US claims responsibility for killing, saying Kataib Hezbollah commander was behind attack that killed three US soldiers Middle East crisis – live updates A large crowd gathered in eastern Baghdad on Thursday for the funeral of Abu Bakr...
Military says ‘blatant assassination’ of three members of Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in Baghdad risks widening conflict Middle East crisis – live updates The US military presence in Iraq has become a “factor for instability”...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on the Middle East here A journalist and his son have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the central Gaza Strip , reports Al Jazeera. Nafez Abdel Jawad , who...
Footage shows a burning car after the US carried out a drone strike in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesday. The US military's Central Command posted a statement on X that American forces had 'conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq...
Crowds gathered around the wreckage left by a US drone strike on a car in Iraq. The strike, on a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, killed three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including...
This live blog is now closed. For more on today’s news, you can read our latest report: At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says At least 27,585 Palestinians have been killed and 66,978 wounded in Israeli strikes...
Iraqi, 24, rescued with her children from al-Hawl camp after being abducted then raped and forced into marriage US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria have liberated a Yazidi woman who had been held for a decade by Islamic State (IS), where...
Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian-backed militia, claims attack after at least six fighters killed At least six US-backed Kurdish fighters have been killed in a drone strike on a US base in eastern Syria. The attack was claimed by...
Six members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly been killed at a base which also houses US forces Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum report for the Guardian: Shaadi Muqtasen’s family live in the centre of old...
Guardian report found staff allegedly sought bribes in return for helping people win deals as part of $1.5bn construction programme The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is dispatching a team to Iraq to assess allegations of corruption in...
Joint operation to further disable militias follows attacks on US and international interests amid war in Gaza The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in another wave of assaults meant to...
Attacks on Friday also described as ‘a strategic mistake’ by Iran, which insisted no Revolutionary Guards were present in areas hit Middle East crisis – live updates The US reprisal strikes in Syria and Iraq will have disastrous...
The US military launched airstrikes on Friday against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the militias it backs in retaliation for last weekend’s drone attack in Jordan that killed three US troops. Iraq’s Anbar...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a Russian-national terrorist to death over joining Islamic State militant group. “The Criminal Court... More The post Iraqi court sentences Russian terrorist to death over...
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi fighter jets have killed twelve Islamic State members, including a prominent leader, southwest of Kirkuk, a security source from... More The post Iraqi troops kill 12 Islamic State militants, southwest of...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State members were arrested in an ambush by the Iraqi intelligence, after they infiltrated into the country coming... More The post Iraqi military arrests two Islamic State members after sneaking from...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The U.S.-led Coalition has carried out an airstrike against the border region with Iraq in Syria’s southern Hasaka in an... More The post U.S. Coalition carries out airstrike near Iraqi-Syrian borders, arrests...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was wounded in a bomb blast, southeast of Baghdad, a police source was quoted saying on Thursday. Speaking... More The post Civilian wounded in bomb blast, southeast of Baghdad appeared first on Iraq...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s ambassador to the vatican, a Kurd, has announced his intention to run for the post of president of the... More The post Iraqi ambassador to Vatican to nominate for president appeared first on Iraq news, the...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament is holding an emergency session next Saturday to discuss political group’s objections to parliament elections results, according... More The post Iraqi parliament to discuss elections...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Denmark said Thursday it had pulled its special forces from Iraq after participating in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State... More The post Denmark pulls back special forces from Iraq: ministry appeared...
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Thursday repelling an attack by Islamic State militants on the borders with Syria, a... More The post Three Iraqi soldiers wounded in Islamic State attack at borders with Syria...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki has said that Iraq aspires for a strong government and improvement to citizens’ services after... More The post Iraq aspires for strong government: Maliki tells Mcgurk appeared...