The FBI has assumed the lead from the State Department on the investigation into last month's Baghdad shootings involving contractors from the U.S. security firm Blackwater USA, the State Department ...

Haitian security forces, partnered with US-based private contractors, conducted a series of drone strikes over the last year in densely populated urban areas to target members of criminal groups, ...

Tom Casey, a State Department spokesman, said on Friday that Blackwater and two other security firms that provide protection for U.S. diplomats in Iraq are resuming civilian convo ...

Originally set to play a World Cup playoff on March 31 against the winner of the Bolivia vs. Suriname clash, Iraq's Lions of Mesopotamia could also benefit from a possible withdrawal by Iran. Iran's ...

One guard was found guilty of first-degree murder and three others of voluntary manslaughter in a 2007 incident in Baghdad in which 14 civilians... Four private security guards working for the ...

Iraqi Kurds inspect the damage to their homes, after a drone attack struck their neighbourhood in Irbil, Iraq, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. AP A top official in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq vehemently ...

Days after the United States and Israel killed Iran’s leader, the war is set to enter a dramatic new phase. Thousands of Iranian Kurdish militants are gathering in Iraqi Kurdistan, set to receive ...

Protesters hold raise Kurdish flags during a demonstration in Erbil, Iraq on January 30. Photo: Omar Karim / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images ...

Iraqi regulators have signed preliminary agreements for management and development of Iraqi fields, the Media Office of Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani said in a Feb. 23 release. Basra Oil Co.

Chevron Corp. emerged as the front-runner to take control of Iraq’s second-largest oil complex from Russian producer Lukoil PJSC after signing a deal to engage in exclusive talks over the giant field.

Chevron (CVX) said Monday it signed a preliminary deal with Basra Oil Company to explore the potential sale of Iraq's West Qurna 2 project, the country's second-biggest oil field, moving closer to ...

The West Qurna 2 oilfield in southern Iraq, shown in 2017.Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP/Getty Images Chevron is entering exclusive talks with Iraq's Basra Oil for a stake in one of the world's largest ...