The trial of Iraq's fugitive vice-president, Tareq al-Hashemi, opened in his absence on Tuesday and a lawmaker whose relatives were allegedly killed by death squads under his orders screamed abuse ...

Victims' families and witnesses on Tuesday accused Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi of masterminding killings at the opening of his trial in absentia on charges he says are politically-motivat...

Human Rights Watch is reporting that Iraqis are still being illegally detained at a Baghdad prison that the Iraq government claimed was shut down last year.

Citing victims, witnesses, and ...

 President Jalal Talabani discussed Monday with the State of Law Bloc delegation the issues related to Iraqi politics and means to solving them, according to a presidential statement.

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Attacks on Falluja and Kirkuk have left six dead in a fresh day of violence in Iraq.

 According to a local police spokesman, Ali Al-Amiri, a car bomb went off killing five people and i...