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 ...

Iraq's Sunni VP receives new death sentence
An Iraqi court handed the country's fugitive Sunni vice president a new death sentence on Sunday after finding him guilty of ordering his bodyguards ...
Iraq court hands Sunni VP 2nd death sentence
An Iraqi court on Thursday unexpectedly convicted the country's fugitive Sunni vice president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a ...
Iraq stops paying salary of convicted fugitive VP
An Iraqi official says the government has decided to stop paying the salary of the country's fugitive Sunni vice president, a month after he was ...
Iraq shrugs off calls to reconsider death penalty
Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are ...

Iraqi VP rejects 'unjust' verdict in terror trial
From self-exile in Turkey, Iraq's fugitive vice president scoffed Monday at a Baghdad court that sentenced him to the gallows for masterminding death ...

Iraq's fugitive VP convicted as attacks kill 92
Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was sentenced Sunday to death by hanging on charges he masterminded death squads against rivals in a terror trial ...

Iraq's Sunni vice president sentenced to death
A Baghdad court sentenced Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to death Sunday after finding him guilty of masterminding the killings of a lawyer and ...
Terror trial against Iraqi vice president resumes
A neighbor of Iraq's fugitive vice president has claimed he transported bombs at the request of the official's son during testimony in a politically ...

Iraq's Kurds seek greater clout through oil policy
Iraq's minority Kurds are upping the ante with their go-it-alone oil policy, luring some of Big Oil's biggest players and again challenging Iraq's ...

9 killed in attacks after deadly Iraq day
Bomb attacks in Iraq killed nine people Tuesday, officials said, a bloody aftershock to the country's deadliest day in two years that followed the ...
Iraq warns Turkey over separate Kurdish oil deal
Baghdad warned Turkey on Sunday that its separate oil deal with Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region could damage trade relations, the latest ...
Terror trial of Iraq VP postponed over witnesses
A lawyer for Iraq's fugitive vice president says a judge has adjourned his trial on terror charges, adding that the proceedings will resume once a ...

Surge in violence spurs new fears in Iraq
A half year after the U.S. military left Iraq, dire predictions seem to be coming true: The country is mired in violence and the government is on the ...

Iraq PM threatens early elections to end deadlock
Iraq's prime minister threatened Wednesday to call early elections that could tighten his grip on power if the nation's political factions fail to ...
Security officials testify against Iraq's VP
Police and army officers told a court they found a pistol silencer in the home of Iraq's fugitive vice president as testimony continued Tuesday in a ...

Bombs target pilgrims in Iraq, killing scores
Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wounding more than 200 and ...