On the night of Tuesday, September 26, a Christian wedding happening in Qaraqosh, northern Iraq, turned into a tragedy when a fire broke out in the venue and claimed the lives of more than 100 guests.

A fire swept through a Christian wedding party in northern Iraq last Tuesday, killing at least 107 people. Here is what we know. It ripped through al-Haitham Hall, a large event venue which is ...

Up to 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured in a huge wedding hall fire in the town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Governor of Nineveh Najm al-Jubouri told ...

Many Iraqi women fear parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider giving religious authorities ...

"No matter how it is dressed up, in passing these amendments, Iraq would be closing a ring of fire around women and children," he said.

A fire that engulfed around fifteen fuel tankers in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region killed one driver and injured seven others on Monday, local authorities said. The exact cause of the fire ...

If the amendment to the Personal Status Code is passed, lowering the legal age for marriage to nine, Iraq will be thrust into ...

An amendment to Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status law was officially proposed in the Iraqi parliament on Aug. 4. The draft law could theoretically make it legal for girls as young as nine years old to ...

Protesters gather to demonstrate against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq (Picture credit: AP) If the law passes, it would allow girls as young ...

Washington and Baghdad are working on a plan to draw down the U.S. troop presence in Iraq as soon as next year. The U.S. and Iraq have reached an "understanding" on plans to have hundreds of U.S ...

A Turkish drone strike killed three people in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi Kurdish security sources and a local official said.