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 ...

A huge fire has broken out at an oil refinery in Erbil, in northern Iraq. Video shows plumes of smoke billowing into the air, as the fire engulfs a warehouse building. Around a dozen firefighters ...

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 ...

The faithful celebrate Mass in the 80-year-old Chaldean Catholic Church of Um al-Mauna, ‘Our Lady of Perpetual Help,’ in Mosul in northern Iraq on April 5. With chants and joyous ululations ...

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 ...

At least 100 killed in fire at wedding celebration in northern Iraq ...

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for his first trip abroad since taking office in July, a ...

Iraq has postponed announcing an end-date for the US-led military coalition’s presence in the country due to “recent developments,” raising questions about the future of US military ...