Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, including a measure that activists argue erodes women’s rights.

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights ...

Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago, is expected to be released soon in exchange for the release of eight Hezbollah terrorists by Israel.

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation ... including a measure that activists said undermines women’s rights. A number of members of parliament filed a complaint alleging ...

Women’s rights advocates argue that the changes ... the law with Islamic principles and reduce Western influence on Iraqi culture. Earlier versions of the measure were seen as potentially ...

ALBAWABA - An Iraqi woman claiming to be the daughter of Saddam Hussein has taken the internet by storm after posting a video on social media, expressing her readiness to undergo a DNA test to ...

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons agreed with CNN host Michael Smerconish that funding a "Sesame Street" show in Iraq could be a good use of taxpayer funding to teach "values" to Iraqi children.

But Intisar al-Mayali, a human rights activist and a member of the Iraqi Women's League, said passage of the civil status law amendments 'will leave disastrous effects on the rights of women and ...

Activists argue that this undermines Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law, which unified family law and established safeguards for women. Proponents of the changes, which were advocated by primarily ...

German theologian and journalist Matthias Kopp — spokesman for the German Bishops’ Conference and a consultant to the Vatican Dicastery for Communication — was in Iraq this past week to ...