A British military contractor accused of shooting dead two of his colleagues in Iraq was hired despite being sacked from another security firm and having a long history of psychiatric illness, The Independent has learnt. Daniel Fitzsimons, 29, is in...

Iraq’s government has ordered authorities in Saddam Hussein’s home town to ban schoolchildren from visiting the grave of the former dictator after a video showed a group of schoolgirls singing his praises at the site. The order from the...

The order from a federal judge in Washington began eerily — unlike any other announcement of the conclusion in a civil liability case.“It was a sunny day somewhere in Iraq and a light wind blew the long curtains into the room through the open door....

A U.S.-Iraqi security agreement spelling out how American troops and contractors operate was supposed to be in place over the summer, but the thorniest issues remain unsettled and neither side is budging.

Despite US generals’ asserting that the so-called “surge” strategy in Baghdad is working, Iraq has witnessed the deadliest attacks against civilians in months. Dozens were killed across the country in apparent suicide attacks using...

Dozens of Gaza residents have died waiting for medical treatment because of delays in obtaining permits to enter Israel, combined with a crumbling health system in Gaza, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The UN agency listed 32 cases since...

After almost five years of war, many young people in Iraq, exhausted by constant firsthand exposure to the violence of religious extremism, say they have grown disillusioned with religious leaders and skeptical of the faith that they preach.