BAGHDAD - Romanias 366-strong military contingent ended its deployment in Iraq on Thursday, reducin...

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel vow to "redouble" efforts on the Middle East, at talks in Dresden.

A UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza says it is to hold public hearings with the war victims in Gaza and Geneva.

PKK says it is dropping demand for independence, seeking autonomy instead; Turkey says it will not negotiate with terrorists

Margaret Hassan, 59, working as head of humanitarian group CARE International in Baghdad when she was abducted, killed in late 2004

Attack took place in town of Khalis, north of Baghdad

Arrest of Falah al-Sudani, in connection with corruption allegations, comes after he tried to escape on plane headed to United Arab Emirates

13 others wounded in 2nd bombing to target Baghdad's Rasheed market in about two weeks, but Iraqi government says May violence casualties at all-time low

Mr. Maliki says Saudis have seen Iraq's previous diplomatic gestures as sign of weakness