A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn’t reach a verdict in the retrial of a former Blackwater security guard for a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians.
Read moreAt the height of the Abbasid empire in the mid-ninth century, the palace city of Samarra was lavishly decorated with glass. Colorful tesserae, purple millefiori, and small perfectly translucent shapes adorned the walls, meant to inspire a sense of wonder and awe and perhaps even remind visitors of Solomon’s crystal palace.
Read moreThe Second Circuit backed the U.S. government on Tuesday for its refusal to share what could be hundreds of photographs depicting torture at Abu Ghraib prison.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday struck down a lawsuit claiming Chevron funded deadly acts of terrorism through its illegal oil payments to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Read moreA decade after the fact, memories have grown murky in the retrial of the private security guard convicted of murder in the deaths of the 14 Iraqi civilians.
Read moreThe government says diplomatic issues with Iraq would prevent the military from releasing a dual American-Saudi Arabian citizen there who was captured on the Islamic State group battlefield in Syria back in September.
Read moreVying to convict a former Blackwater security guard of a war-time shooting where 14 Iraqi civilians were killed, federal prosecutors primed the jury with photos of the massacre, and followed up Friday with the testimony of one of the first Americans to arrive at the scene.
Read moreForced to wait years for the visas they were promised in exchange for assisting U.S. war efforts, five Afghan and Iraqi nationals say in a federal class action that their lives and their families’ safety are at stake.
Read moreU.S. immigration officials on Wednesday returned nearly 4,000 looted antiquities to Iraq after they were purchased by arts and craft giant Hobby Lobby in an attempt to collect biblical artifacts.
Read moreThe federal government argued Wednesday before the Sixth Circuit for the enforcement of deportation orders for over 100 Iraqi nationals who were released from detention facilities earlier this year.
Read moreThe Trump administration wants to transfer an American citizen detained in Iraq to a third, unnamed country, according to a court filing unsealed Tuesday.
Read moreA Baghdad court has convicted the sister of the former leader of al-Qaida in Iraq who was killed in 2010 and sentenced her to death on terrorism charges, a spokesman said Thursday.
Read moreU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed an appeal with the Sixth Circuit challenging a federal judge’s order releasing more than 100 Iraqi nationals who had been languishing in immigration-detention facilities for months.
Read moreThe defense contractor CACI must face conspiracy but not direct-liability claims from men who say they endured tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreA federal judge ordered the release Tuesday of more than 100 Iraqi nationals who have been languishing for months in immigration-detention facilities.
Read moreA court in northern Greece has sentenced 23 people to prison terms ranging from eight to 1,489 years for smuggling Iraqi and Syrian refugees into the country from the Turkish border in 2015 and 2016.
Read moreIraq and General Electric have signed a deal to develop Iraq’s power infrastructure, which would help bring much-needed electricity to areas facing significant shortages across the country.
Read moreA powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border region killed over 340 people across both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast on Monday.
Read moreHundreds of terror victims claiming Chevron funded crimes against humanity with illegal oil payments to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will have a tough time getting evidence to prove their case, a federal judge said Thursday.
Read moreCivil rights groups have asked a federal judge in Michigan to order the release of Iraqi nationals who say they are being unlawfully detained and face persecution and death if they are forced to return to the Middle East.
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