Reports indicate American mercenaries guarding aid sites are using live ammo and shooting into crowds of desperate ...

As sanctioned firms secure Defense Ministry contracts, questions grow about oversight, legality, and the blurred line between ...

When there is a weakness, we look for other people to support the national police,” says Fritz Alphonse Jean, head of the ...

The information concerning the Haitian government's recruitment of Blackwater to combat gangs stirs a mix of hope and fear within a population desperate due to insecurity, which has caused the ...

A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Thursday at a restaurant in northern Iraq where Arab and Kurdish politicians were ...

When Blackwater contractors guarding a U.S. State Department convoy allegedly killed 11 unarmed Iraqi civilians on Sept. 16, it was only the latest in a series of controversial shooting incidents ...

The immunity enjoyed by Blackwater employees and other private security guards who protect civilians in Iraq will soon come to an end under a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that will take effect on Jan. 1.

Blackwater guards, who as State Department contractors were responsible for providing diplomatic security, were already seen as operating with impunity in Iraq.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human ...

Dickinson said Blackwater contractors routinely did not follow the rules of engagement in Iraq, shooting indiscriminately into cars and buildings and frequently disrespecting locals.

As much as any incident during America’s long war in Iraq, the story of the Blackwater Four — or the Biden Four, depending on one’s perspective — illustrates the different ways in which ...

Kadhim also said he hoped news of the pardons would not lead to a spike in violence against Americans in Iraq, noting that the Blackwater case did not involve active duty troops, nor was it ...