US prosecutors to drop manslaughter case against Blackwater guard in deadly '07 Iraq shooting The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons ...
World football's governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) until further notice "because of government ...
AP IMPACT: As military academies seek diversity, urban lawmakers often make fewest nominations As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and ...
In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, speaks during a meeting with sheiks and tribal leaders of al Sudan Shiite tribe, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Iraqi lawmakers will vote Saturday on how ...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said it is too soon to set a timeline for shifting security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain. "I think I would rather have those on the ground in Afghanistan make ...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday it was too soon to set a timeline to transfer security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain. "I think I would rather have those on the ground in Afghanistan ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers failed on Thursday to resolve differences over an election law, dampening hopes of holding a vote on time in January and throwing into doubt a partial U.S. troop withdrawal later next year. Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president, ...
Gates says election hiccups aren't likely to delay troop withdrawals from Iraq Defense Secretary Robert Gates says warnings that politics could push back Iraqi elections scheduled for January aren't affecting his plans for a troop withdrawal now. Gates told a Pentagon news ...
Senate passes bill offering medical benefits, stipends to wounded vets' caregivers The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation that would provide monthly stipends and medical benefits to family members who stay home to care for severely injured veterans of the wars in ...
Iraq's general election was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a law governing the planned January vote was vetoed, creating what the prime minister termed a "dangerous threat" to stability. The war-torn nation's electoral commission said it was stopping work at least ...
The top US military officer in Iraq warned on Wednesday of attacks in the run-up to an expected January general election and said he would ask Washington to alter troop drawdown plans if necessary. General Ray Odierno told reporters in Baghdad that ...
Iraq's general election was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a law governing the planned January vote was vetoed, creating what the prime minister termed a "dangerous threat" to stability. The war-torn nation's electoral commission said it was stopping work at least ...
