In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq to topple dictator Saddam Hussein. During the subsequent eight years, the U.S. spent trillions of dollars and lost thousands of American lives fighting an ...

BAGHDAD — Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party on Sunday as tensions soared over the decision to blacklist suspected Baathists from next month’s election ...

The Bush administration says it wants to replace the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein with a secular democracy, but in the power vaccum of post-war Iraq it-s the Shi-ite religious fundamentalist forces ...

TEHRAN, Iran (UNHCR) - Roghay and Ashraf are seven. The two schoolgirls were born in Tehran, but they may be leaving soon. Their parents left their home in Karbala, southern Iraq, more than 10 years ...

As 1996 Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said about then-President Bill Clinton's White House fundraising practices, ``Where's the outrage?'' It's a relevant question now, following the ...

The film, currently playing at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, opens in the U.S. on Feb. 7 and is Iran's big contender for an Academy Award. Ghobadi recently spoke with NEWSWEEK's Marie Valla ...