The steady drip of U.S. casualties in Iraq is taking its toll on support for the war among Americans. With poll numbers plummeting, the Bush administration realizes it cannot deploy troops in Iraq ...

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Minutes after a suicide bomber killed 25 people, hundreds of angry Kurds stormed the headquarters of an ethnic Turkish group in this northern Iraqi city and torched the building and ...

Iraq is in chaos, but the country's ethnic Kurds might come out ahead. They rule a semi-autonomous area in the north that is fairly prosperous and safe, and as the Iraqi army crumbled before militants ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has abandoned plans to hold its first census in two decades this year because of fears the survey could inflame tensions in northern areas disputed by Arabs and Kurds, ...

Over 3,700 Iraqi civilians were killed in ethnic violence in October. That's an annual rate of nearly 45,000. No one needs to be told that Iraq cannot afford to maintain this status quo. What these ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will hold a nationwide census in October, its first in 22 years, mapping ethnic divisions in a survey which could encourage reconciliation or fan the feuds threatening its ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Long beset by toxic divisions, Iraq seems to be growing even more fragmented ahead of national elections scheduled for May, with Iranian influence set to grow and the minority Sunnis ...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday called for an end to the practice of distributing top government jobs along religious and ethnic lines, saying the system leads to weakness ...

Iraq is set to announce a two-day curfew to hold its first census in 27 years. Iraq, ravaged by sectarian conflict, foreign interventions, and civil war for the past three decades, has finally reached ...

If you want a glimpse into the challenge the U.S. faces as it tries to prevent Iraq from coming apart, consider the plight of Salim Izzat. Five months before the U.S. invasion last March, Saddam ...