BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric could undermine efforts to improve relations with regional rival Iraq, where politicians, militias and a prominent cleric called ...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge Tuesday refused to block the execution of Saddam Hussein’s former vice president, saying he had no jurisdiction to step into the case. Taha Yassin Ramadan was convicted ...

Iraq's Justice Ministry says 14 Iraqis -- most of them members of Al-Qaeda -- have been executed for terrorism and criminal offenses. The executions on February 8 bring to at least 65 the number of ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq hanged 38 Sunni Muslim militants on Thursday after they were sentenced to death on terrorism charges, the justice ministry said in a statement. The mass executions were ...

An Iraqi nongovernmental organization says it is watching over large numbers of files that detail mass killings in the country and which provide clues to the disappearances of many people. With ...