The embassy, which will be the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in the world, was budgeted at $592 million. The core project was supposed to have been completed by last month, but the timetable has ...

The inauguration of the $700 million embassy came just days after a security agreement between Iraq and the United States took effect, replacing a U.N. mandate that gave legal authority to the U.S ...

Egypt will step up its presence in Iraq as the situation there stabilises but building ties with the Baghdad government will take time, Egypt's foreign minister said on Tuesday.