Iraq election officials reject calls for recount on fraud allegations
Iraqi election officials on Sunday rejected allegations of fraud and calls for a recount of the ballots from the March 7 parliamentary election . Despite the demands for a recount Saturday by...
A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside of the Forsenics Lab of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior's Criminal Investigation Department on Tuesday, killing 21 people and injuring at least 80 others. The building collapsed shortly...
An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 11 men to death for the August 19 bombing of the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad that left close to 100 dead. The 11 men were found guilty ...
New Iraqi election law leaves resolution of Kirkuk voting issue in limbo
Marina Ottaway : "The new election law approved by the Iraqi parliament on November 8 has both positive and negative features. On the positive side, it will allow the voting to take...
Iraq official urges election delay after parliament fails to update law
An official from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission on Friday called for a delay of the January 16 parliamentary elections, after the Iraqi Parliament remained at an impasse over updating a controversial provincial election...
JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a comprehensive solution to the status of Kirkuk must be reached soon lest it become for Iraq the type of intractable and fundamentally corrosive...
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari on Monday renewed calls for a formal UN inquiry to investigate those responsible for bombings in the country following twin suicide bombings in Baghdad Sunday, which are believed to have...
Baghdad suicide bombers target justice ministry amidst election law crisis
Twin suicide bombings in Baghdad Sunday targeted the ministry of justice and the headquarters of the local provincial government ahead of an attempt this week by the Iraqi parliament to resolve a political stalemate that would permit...
The Iraqi Parliament delayed a vote Monday that would have updated the controversial provincial election law it passed in September 2008. The proposed election law changes, which include ballots that list candidates rather...
Iraq antiquities law central to preventing more damage to Babylon: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged adherence to Iraqi antiquities law in a report on damage to the ancient city of Babylon before and since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003....
