BAGHDAD — Iraq told the United States this week that it won't renew the license of Blackwater Worldwide, a North Carolina-based security firm that's provided protection for U.S. diplomats in Iraq but ...

U.S. officials scrambled to head off a potential crisis Monday after irate Iraqi authorities canceled the license of controversial U.S. security company Blackwater USA, whose guards are accused of ...

MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 28 -- The Iraqi government has informed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, ...

Armed guards from the security company once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though it has no license to operate there and has been told by the State ...

Can Blackwater incidents shed light on contractors' mental health? Oct. 3, 2007 — -- Along with congressional hearings on allegations of recklessness against Blackwater USA security forces in ...

MOYOCK, N.C. -- Blackwater Worldwide, denied an operating license in Iraq because of lingering outrage over a deadly shooting spree in Baghdad, promised Thursday to leave the country where it guards ...

The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May, a senior U.S. official said Friday. The official told The Associated ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Armed guards from the security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide are still protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq, even though the company has no license to operate there and has ...

Blackwater, the controversial private security company used extensively by the U.S. in Iraq, may have paid $1 million in bribes to Iraqi officials in late 2007, The New York Times reports. The bribes ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Blackwater executives authorized about $1 million (598,000 pounds) in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq said on Monday it would launch lawsuits in U.S. and Iraqi courts against a U.S. security firm accused in the 2007 killing of civilians in Baghdad, rejecting a U.S. judge's ...

MOYOCK, N.C. — Blackwater Worldwide, denied an operating license in Iraq, said Thursday it could leave the country within 72 hours but cautioned that such a move would cause more harm to the American ...