"We're preserving the coexistence and pluralism that was in Iraq," Benjamen said. Born and raised in Kirkuk, an oil-rich ...

Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel were released on Thursday. They were among 31 Thais taken by the militant group, of whom 23 have ...

BRIGHT, popular and harbouring big dreams for her future, Shafilea Ahmed was desperate for a life like any other teenage girl ...

Roughly three months after Iraqi lawmakers proposed a bill to slash the country’s legal age of consent from 18 to nine years old, Iraq’s parliament passed an amendment to the country’s personal status ...

Iraq’s parliament has passed a law that legalizes child marriage during a parliamentary session in Baghdad, the nation’s capital on Tuesday, January 21. This law amendments grant Islamic ...

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce and inheritance. Activists argue that this undermines Iraq's 1959 Personal Status Law ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law will give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage ... law aimed at addressing Kurdish territorial claims.