Iraq

A coalition led by Iraq's Shiite prime minister emerged Monday as the biggest winner in the country's first parliamentary elections since the U.S. military withdrawal in 2011, electoral officials said, as the embattled premier is seeking a third term in office despite political turmoil and rising violence.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iraq on an unannounced visit to urge Iraqi leaders to overcome sectarian differences that still threaten the country's stability following the 10-year anniversary of the American-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi and U.S. officials say al-Qaida is rebuilding in Iraq.

At least 55 people are now reported dead in a series of attacks across a wide area of Iraq today.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host a Feb. 29 dinner at the White House honoring members of the armed forces who served in Iraq.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to mark the end of the war in Iraq at a ceremony Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews in nearby Maryland.

A gate sliding shut at the Kuwaiti border provided the backdrop for the final act of the Iraq war which cost nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives.

President Barack Obama is using his weekly radio and Internet address to welcome home troops from Iraq while Republicans say those troops need good jobs, like the proposed Canada to Texas oil pipeline.

The U.S. military has formally shut down the war in Iraq, officially retiring the flag of U.S. Forces-Iraq.

Davis Turner, Getty Images   Applauding their "extraordinary achievement," President Barack Obama saluted returning troops Wednesday, declaring that the nearly nine-year conflict in Iraq is ending "not with a final battle, but with a final march toward home." ...