US and Iraqi officials have sent a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium to a Canadian port, in a top-secret...

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been puzzled as to why his comments on Iraq caused such a sharp response in the...

U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) says his government has defeated terrorism in the country. He says that thanks to the "will of the tribes, security...

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program - a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a...

An Iraqi Sunni Arab politician escaped a bomb explosion with wounds in the city of Fallujah in Anbar province on Saturday, a local police source said. A roadside bomb detonated near the car of Khaled...

A car bomb hit an Iraqi police patrol in the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, killing a civilian and injuring six on Saturday, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred in...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of...

(Spc. Orlando,U.S.Army/AP Photo) Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a...

The Iraqi authorities say that since the 2003 US-led invasion the trade in illegal opiates, cannabis and synthetic pharmaceuticals has risen steadily, and that many drugs originating...

. Maliki will meet with President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other officials during the two-day visit, which comes a month after a landmark trip to Iraq by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh...

Joanne Kontak , 60, an elementary school lunch aide inducted just this day as an Optimist, sums things up like this: "There's just entirely too much wrong right now."Happy...

Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent...

As of Saturday, July 5, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press...

Iraqi civilians who were tortured by British soldiers say the government is treating them with 'contempt' ahead of a potential multi-million-pound payout for the abuse they suffered. The eight Iraqis...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says security forces in Iraq have saved Baghdad from what he called a terrorist "siege." Mr. Maliki Saturday said his government will never stop battling outlaws,...

Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing Saying "God raised us for service," Obama told of his own conversion to God's will and truth as a community organizer, lessons he said he took with him in...

Joanne Kontak , 60, an elementary school lunch aide inducted just this day as an Optimist, sums things up like this: "There's just entirely too much wrong right now."Happy...

Iraq's political leaders struck a hopeful tone as they marked five years since the killing of prominent Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and dozens of others in a car bombing in the...

A pushcart explodes, killing an Iraqi civilian and wounding five others Iraqi troops near Mosul kill man wearing an explosives-laden suicide vest An al Qaeda in Iraq cell leader seized near Syrian...

LEARN FROM US: Attending a conference on national reconciliation in Baghdad Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has urged Iraqis to learn from N. Ireland's painful peace...

The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program, a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium, reached Montreal on Saturday to complete a top-secret U.S. operation. The removal of 550...

NEW: Obama campaigns in Montana, attends July 4 parade Obama denies he has flip-flopped on troop withdrawal timetable in Iraq Obama said he intends to remove troops in 16 months Democrat blames Sen....

July 5, 2008 · A group of Sunni and Shiite leaders will meet in Iraq with Martin McGuinne, the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and former IRA leader, and Cyril Ramaphosa, the South...

July 5, 2008 · Vote Vets on the left and Vets for Freedom on the right are competing to deliver the political message for those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. They're both endorsing...

Ankara, Turkey: The Turkish military on Saturday said it killed two Kurdish guerrillas in operations carried out in a southeastern region of the country the previous day. The army said that the...

BAGHDAD - Iraq's political powers are still opposed to a long-term security agreement with Washington that does not preserve the country's sovereignty and national interests, an Iraqi lawmaker said...

BAQOUBA, Iraq (AP) -- It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day...

BAQUBA, Iraq — Wenza Ali Mutlaq walked a bit uncertainly up the long street near the main government offices here on June 22, the hot wind stirring her heavy black abaya. She passed the...

Helmand province , militants planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, said police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.The fact one bomb killed so many men appears to...

Posted: 11:25 PM- PROVO - For Robynn Houston, Kristen York and Amy Jo Jones, the best act at Stadium of Fire was not tween sensation Miley Cyrus. Nor was it The Blue Man Group. Instead it was their...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama has found himself struggling to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops....

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military in Iraq celebrated the Fourth of July with what it billed as “the largest re-enlistment ceremony ever held,” and 1,215 soldiers, Marines, sailors and...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.With just three electoral votes and its reputation...

Cornyn buys Web ads on energy Operation Welcome Home has greeted 8,000 troops arriving at BWI during the past year, but Friday's event drew the biggest number of volunteers — 400 people — mainly...

MKO The head of Iraqi Supreme Islamic Council for the Islamic called for the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) to be expelled from the country soon. Addressing the ceremony to mark the...

The North's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, is in the Iraqi capital Baghdad this morning as part of a delegation to help the country's warring factions seek reconciliation. Mr McGuinness...

Basra last March, the eventual ceasefire wasn't hammered out inside Iraq. Instead, the agreement was negotiated in Iran with the help of the commander of the Revolutionary GuardQuds Force. For now,...

By The Associated Press CHEYENNE - The cost of change is great.Trevor Harris knows that first hand.The sacrifices he saw in Iraq as part of last year's "surge" - which continues - are not something...

More than 400 Australian troops have been officially recognised for their service in Iraq at a parade in Darwin. Hundreds of people lined the streets in central Darwin this morning to officially...

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Columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru debate the potential impact of presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's statements on Iraq and other news, including the death of former senator Jesse...

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial page this week mockingly declared Obama wanted "Bush's Third Term." "Who would have thought that a Democrat would rehabilitate the much-maligned Bush...

AMMAN: Asel didn't come to Jordan because he wanted to. Neither did his parents. They, like so many others, stole out of their native Iraq at the last minute, when word came that gangs were coming to...

Department of Veterans Affairs . Those offices were previously scattered throughout the medical campus.Officials say the 18,500-square-foot facility will $3.3 million and is expected to open next...

In his initial remarks on an airport tarmac here, Obama had emphasized caveats that seemed to suggest his timetable might slip, saying he would "refine" his policies after he consulted with U.S....

Manchester College will host one of several Iraqi students being brought to the U.S. next school year by a group of educators and activists in the U.S. and the Mideast.The Iraqi Student Project,...

Jordan recently returned 2,466 artifacts to Iraq, and the country has also received more than 700 back from Syria, al-Auraibi said. Iraq expects to receive another important artifact back from Syria...