Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce, and inheritance.

Outrage after Iraq passes controversial law allowing child marriage for girls as young as nine, sparking concerns of ...

The ongoing oil dispute between Baghdad and Kurdistan intensifies as US intervention sparks backlash and highlights the power ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

Family matters - including marriage, divorce and inheritance - will now be under the control of Islamic courts, which some ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

A leading Chinese contracting player has emerged as the preferred contractor for work on a large gas processing plant for the ...

A law that passed this week in Iraq that opponents have said effectively allows men to marry girls as young as 9 years old ...

Security personnel of the former government have come in the thousands to so-called reconciliation centers to settle their affairs.

ISIS-linked cells may be planning more attacks after the New Year's massacre in New Orleans, with experts warning of a ...

Recent discoveries challenge ideas of a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting a ...