WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge Tuesday refused to block the execution of Saddam Hussein’s former vice president, saying he had no jurisdiction to step into the case. Taha Yassin Ramadan was convicted ...

Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for over two decades, maintaining control through fear, violence, and suppression of any opposition. However, his reign came to an end in 2006 when a US-led ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq hanged 38 Sunni Muslim militants on Thursday after they were sentenced to death on terrorism charges, the justice ministry said in a statement. The mass executions were ...

July 8, 1982 - Residents of the Shiite Muslim town of Dujail, Iraq, fire on Hussein’s motorcade. In retaliation, about 150 residents are executed. March 19, 2003 - The second Gulf War begins, code ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's foreign ministry summoned Iraq's ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of men convicted of a 2014 bomb attack, state ...

An Iraqi nongovernmental organization says it is watching over large numbers of files that detail mass killings in the country and which provide clues to the disappearances of many people. With ...