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Iraq's new premier battles to unite a fractured nation

Three months after he took office with a mission to unite his broken, warring country, Iraq's new pr...

Dec 15, 2014 09:44 AM EST

U.S. military chief says battle with IS starting to turn

The United States' top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Satur...

Nov 16, 2014 12:55 AM EST

After victory in key Iraqi town, time for revenge

After helping government forces break Islamic State's grip over a strategic town just south of Baghd...

Oct 26, 2014 09:31 PM EDT

Who runs the militant group Islamic State?

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq an...

Oct 04, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

In rare alliance, Shi'ites join Sunnis to defend Iraqi towns

When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this w...

Oct 03, 2014 11:44 PM EDT

Australia seeks broad new security powers after anti-terror raids

Australia's government is seeking broad new security powers to combat what it says is a rising threa...

Sep 22, 2014 04:01 AM EDT

Iraqi parliament approves new government headed by Haider al-Abadi

Iraq's parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday ni...

Sep 09, 2014 03:01 AM EDT

Iraq refiles case in U.S. court over disputed Kurdish crude

Iraq has refiled in U.S. court to gain control of $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker near...

Sep 07, 2014 10:12 AM EDT

U.N. accuses Islamic State of mass killings

The United Nations condemned on Monday "appalling, widespread" crimes by Islamic State forces in Ira...

Aug 25, 2014 11:09 AM EDT