The Taliban’s new law isn’t about child marriage, it’s child rape - IN FOCUS: As reports reveal families in Afghanistan are ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages ...

An Iraqi court has ruled in favor of a young Christian woman to protect her identity, allowing her to have her religious ...

Ali al-Zaidi, a political unknown, has been tasked with forming a new coalition government. Now, he must grapple with growing U.S. pressure to curb Iranian influence over Iraq. By Erika Solomon and ...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is driving nations’ efforts to develop alternative Gulf-to-Europe trade routes, with Iraq’s $24 billion "Development Road" project at the forefront, analyst says. The route ...

Minority leaders and rights activists in Pakistan have voiced skepticism over a proposed provincial law raising the minimum age of marriage to 18, warning that it fails to address forced conversion ...

Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Survivor testimony is fueling a new initiative to eliminate Ohio’s last legal pathway for minors to marry, and lawmakers from across party lines seem largely aligned on the matter.

NAJAF, Iraq — The Iraqi government on Wednesday accused the United States of attacking a clinic on a military base in western Anbar province, killing seven members of the Iraqi military and injuring ...

The governments of Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan have reached an agreement on the terms to restart the flow of oil via the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, starting today. Oil prices ...