The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Yale-educated governor is the highest profile Republican seeking to dethrone Donald Trump, writes John Bowden

Duchess Sophie's historic trip to Baghdad in Iraq has been overshadowed by a tragedy back in the UK

On May 16, Iraq's Sinjar province saw deadly violence. The positions of a Yazidi armed group affiliated with the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, were targeted by drone strikes attributed to Turkey. Security tensions are complicating the return to the province of Yazidis in exile, after a genocide perpetrated against…

Iraq, Syria and Yemen in need of greater help to deal with intensifying climate change effects, aid groups warn.

Exclusive: Scheme is part of push to tackle backlog of more than 90,000 claims submitted before June 2022

The prospect of Tayyip Erdogan winning another presidential term in Turkey would once have rung alarms around the Middle East, but after taking a more conciliatory stance in recent years his strong election showing on Sunday has caused few flutters.

Hundreds were taken from a prison and executed by the armed group, according to the Iraqi government.

Living in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City suburb for the past 15 years, Khodr Abbas, 73, had to walk along a mud and dirt track to get to his home, where he would struggle to get fresh water to flow and waste-water to flush through rickety pipes.

In the first of two features exploring Iraqi music 20 years on from the Iraq war, the country’s rappers explain why using a US artform carries such satirical power