Iraq

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2026.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesStock futures were plunging to start the week's trading as U.S. oil prices topped $100 a barrel amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, raising…

An Israeli woman who was held hostage in Iraq for two-and-a-half years has revealed the horrific sexual abuse and torture she was forced to endure. Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, said members of Kata'ib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia that has…

Four churchgoers have died, with at least eight more injured and others still unaccounted for after a gunman set fire to a Mormon church in Michigan and began shooting at congregants.The shooter, who was killed by police at the scene,…

Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it…

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Iraq's parliament today passed several laws that critics say will effectively legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine. The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic courts increased authority over family…

To say that Lynn Stephenson likes travelling would be an understatement.The 61-year-old's wanderlust is so powerful that she sold her house to go globetrotting full-time and has now visited 168 countries out of 195.She told MailOnline…

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he was freed after years of incarceration because he “pled guilty to journalism.”In his first public remarks since he…

Tourists from at least five countries could be banned from travelling to Australia if Labor's tough new proposed migration laws pass Parliament. The Albanese Government is rushing new legislation through Parliament this week in an…

Iraq has postponed censuses several times in almost three decades because of the security situation in the country.Iraq will impose a two-day curfew in November for the country’s first census in 27 years, officials said. “ curfew will be…