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Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid ...
Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying ...
UK watchdog: Doctor dishonest in death of Iraqi
A medical watchdog ruled Sunday that a former British army doctor failed to protect detainees and acted dishonestly following the death of an Iraqi ...
Sympathy over US school shooting stretches globe
As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the ...
Boeing delivers first new jet to Iraq in decades
The first new Boeing Co. jetliner sold to Iraq in 30 years touched down in Baghdad on Saturday, signaling the country's determination to rebuild its ...
Iraq-Kurd deal offers hope, but challenges remain
A deal brokered by Iraq's president this week gives the central government and the Kurdish minority an opportunity to step back from a military ...
Senate moves bill covering fertility care for vets
Wounded veterans and their spouses who want to have children could get the government to pay for treatments such as in vitro fertilization under ...
Iraq: Baghdad, Kurds agree to ease tensions
Iraq's central government and Kurdish leaders have reached a deal aimed at easing a military standoff that began last month, the country's president ...
US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...
Iraq stays execution of man allegedly held at 16
Iraq has suspended the execution of a Yemeni prisoner whose family claims was 16 years old when he was taken into custody, an Iraqi official and human ...
OPEC keeps output target on hold amid weak economy
OPEC ministers agreed to keep their daily crude production target unchanged at a meeting Wednesday. But in a sign of internal rivalries, they failed ...
Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base
Syrian rebels including Islamic extremists took full control of a sprawling military base Tuesday after a bloody two-day battle that killed 35 ...
Iraqi Kurdish leader visits disputed areas
The president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region visited Kurdish troops Monday in ethnically disputed areas near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a move ...
Iraq officials say bombing kills 3
Iraqi authorities say a bomb exploded near the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman south of Baghdad, killing him, his 8-year-old son and another ...
Baghdad, Kurds said to reach security agreement
Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that Baghdad and Kurdish officials reached a preliminary agreement to allow inhabitants of disputed northern areas ...
A look at the Patriot missiles en route to Turkey
NATO's expected decision Tuesday to provide Turkey with Patriot missiles returns the spotlight to an American-manufactured, anti-missile system that ...
A brief history of chemical weapons
Several international agreements have sought to limit the use of chemical weapons in warfare, beginning with the 1675 Strasbourg Agreement that banned ...
Officials: Gunmen kill 6 family members in Baghdad
Police and health officials say gunmen have broken into a house in eastern Baghdad, killing six members of an Iraqi family. Two police officers say ...
Iraq telecom operator to go public in early 2013
The Iraq Stock Exchange says one of the country's largest mobile operators will start publicly trading its shares early next year. It will be the ...
Gunmen kill Sunni fighter, 2 sons in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say gunmen broke into the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman north of Baghdad and killed him and his two sons. A police officer ...
Iraq says it can't search all Syria-bound planes
Iraq's prime minister says his country is unable to search all Syria-bound Iranian planes that fly through Iraqi airspace. But Nouri al-Maliki said ...
Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 people
Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at ...
Attackers raid home in Iraq, kill 7 family members
Officials say gunmen have broken into the home of two anti-al-Qaida militiamen north of Baghdad, killing seven family members. A police officer says ...
Insurgent attacks kill 30, wound dozens in Iraq
Insurgents launched attacks against security forces and civilians in central and northern Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding ...