The number of Iraqi civilians killed in acts of violence since the beginning of the year has significantly dropped, largely due to defeat of Daesh (ISIS), the United Nations and a monitor have said. Reports released this week by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the...

Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq detained a 20-year-old Iraqi man Friday on suspicion of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in a statement. Seehofer told reporters the Kurdish security forces had taken him into...

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Saturday said Turkey is capable of taking control of northern Iraq's Mt. Qandil region whenever it wants. In an interview to CNN Turk, Soylu said: "Turkey will see its heroes in Qandil very soon. It is only a matter of timing." Soylu noted...

A senior Iranian official said Friday that Tehran "cannot wait forever" for the confirmation of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers that is hanging in the balance after the United States withdrew. Speaking to AFP in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, Iran's vice president...