World News Iraq to lower age of consent for girls to just 9 years old and allow men to marry young kids: ‘This law legalizes child rape’ By Ronny Reyes Published Nov. 10, 2024, 4:15 p.m. ET ...

Poor building standards have often contributed to tragic fires in Iraq. A blaze in July 2021 at a hospital in the city of Nasiriyah that killed between 60 to 92 people was determined to have been ...

LONDON -- An overnight fire at a shopping mall in Iraq has killed more than 60 people, according to the country's interior ministry. The massive fire broke out early Thursday in the new, five ...

Right now, soldiers in Iraq are receiving rosaries from home. Metal wire and plastic beads and crosses are the staples in the St. Jude Rosary Makers’ tool boxes. View Comments ...

The U.S. government’s plan to transition to a new bilateral security agreement with Iraq is about as clear as mud. Speaking to reporters on Friday, two U.S. officials said that the relationship ...

In 2021, President Joe Biden announced the end of the combat mission in Iraq, but left 2,500 U.S. troops there and 900 troops in Syria to lead the international coalition keeping down the Islamic ...