MP says new Personal Status Law amendment no longer allows child marriage but concerns remain over impact of legislation

Iraq’s legislature on Tuesday passed three controversial bills regarding the return of land confiscated under the Baath regime to the original Kurdish owners, the amendments to the controversial personal status law pushed for by the Shiite blocs,

Iraq has announced the discovery of a massive oil field expected to significantly increase the country’s hydrocarbon reserves, but Baghdad will face a number of challenges in its attempt to exploit the new resource.

USS Travis Manion, an amphibious warship, pays tribute to the Silver Star recipient and carries on his legacy, Travis Manion's family said.

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A second mass grave in under a month containing the remains of 155 Kurds massacred by the former Iraqi regime decades ago was exhumed on Sunday in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province.

The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from the Middle Bronze Age to be found in the region, according to a Jan. 14 news release from the University of Central Florida. They were uncovered by Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, an associate professor of history at the university, and a team of archaeologists.

Iraq and the United Kingdom have agreed on a trade package worth up to 12.3 billion pounds, the Iraqi prime minister's office said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

Within hours of the Iraqi prime minister leaving Downing Street, it was announced three men with alleged links to people smuggling were arrested in Iraq

Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met Tuesday with his UK counterpart Keir Starmer, securing a £12.3 billion ($15 billion) trade and investment package during a UK visit hailed as a "new era" in ties.

Human rights expert Peter Griffin said: “In the minds of the Iraqis, Rob is guilty of money laundering because he has taken salary from a company that they say — and we disagree — has defrauded the Iraqi state. “Even if something illegal had happened, which we dispute, Rob has already served a prison sentence for the past four years.

The Iraqi prisoner had sued the Biden administration, saying he would be at risk for abuse at a prison in his homeland.