Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and ...

Iraq's parliament has passed a controversial set of amendments to its civil status law, effectively legalising child marriage for girls as young as nine. The new legislation allows unregistered ...

The amendments give Islamic courts increased authority over family matters, including marriage, divorce, and inheritance.

Outrage after Iraq passes controversial law allowing child marriage for girls as young as nine, sparking concerns of ...

Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Thursday criticized the federal government for recently withdrawing a proposal it had sent to the parliament to amend the budget ...

The Chairman/CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has disclosed that over five thousand Nigerians ...

Israeli-Russian Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held hostage by an Iraqi militia, is alive and the Iraqi prime minister is working on her release, Iraqi foreign minister Fouad ...

The clay tablets are the first cuneiform tablets from the Middle Bronze Age to be found in the region, according to a Jan. 14 ...

Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.