The ADF, notorious for its brutality, often takes hostages, forcing them to join their group as reinforcements or labor.

Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by ...

Iraq is looking to buy cargoes of liquefied natural gas for the first time as it faces uncertainty over supply from Iran, raising the prospect of electricity shortages. The country is in broad ...

The final results of Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years released Monday show the population has reached 46.1 million. In 2009, an unofficial count estimated the population at 31.6 million.

CAIRO, March 23 (Reuters) - Iraq plans to raise oil production capacity to more than 6 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2029, the state news agency reported Iraq's oil ministry as saying on Sunday.

BP has received final government approval for the redevelopment of Iraq's giant Kirkuk oil fields, with an initial plan to produce 3 billion barrels of oil equivalent, the company said on Wednesday.

When the Islamic State (IS) group overran large parts of Iraq and Syria, thousands of civilians were taken captive. Women, children and men suddenly found themselves at the mercy of one of the ...

(WJET/W F XP) – A Pennsylvania man was sentenced after being found guilty of multiple counts of torture and illegally exporting weapon parts. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert D.

The introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would represent a significant shift in Iraq's payment system, enhancing financial efficiency and supervision, according to Mazhar ...

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, a U.S. official said Sunday. The previous waiver expired ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed Iraq’s Prime Minister to reopen the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline. The U.S. and its allies aim to counter Chinese, Russian, and Iranian influence in Iraq by ...

The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity, as part of President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran, a State ...