News that Swedish authorities would permit the protest to proceed on free speech grounds had led hundreds of Iraqis to storm and torch Swed...

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani said nothing in public about the unrest that erupted on Iraq's streets. But government officials and Shi'ite...

Data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed gasoline inventories fell by about 3.4 million barrels, while distillate stocks, wh...

In July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...

A new single-member constituency system is supposed to boost independents and reduce traditional political blocs, largely centred on religi...

While immigrants have faced hurdles settling in the United States for generations and illegal immigration has bedeviled both Republican and...

Iraq faced mounting calls to release the journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush, an action branded shameful by the government bu...

Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Baghdad more than a year ago are alive and Iraqi authorities know where they are being held, Ir...

Sporadic overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed at least eight people, including...

World oil prices traded below $102 in Asian trade on Tuesday after falling more than four dollars in New York on concerns about slowing ene...

Oil prices rallied above $106 on Monday, shaking off early losses caused by concerns over weak demand for crude in traditionally energy-hun...

Iraq postponed hanging two of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen on Thursday amid international pressure following the ousted dictator’s bungled and...