* U.S. preparing to cut troops to 50,000 * Political tensions fuelling violence By Matt Robinson BAGHDAD, June 1 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces took full control of security checkpoints into Baghdad's ...

Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new president and prime minister.

President Bush has chosen Ryan Crocker to be the next top U.S. diplomat in Iraq. The challenging post is in Baghdad's Green Zone — the fortressed compound that's under constant mortar attack. But this ...

(Adds Senate vote, details of search, Mosul violence) By Paul Tait BAGHDAD, May 16 (Reuters) - Two people were killed in mortar attacks on Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, the ...

A rocket attack on the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad caused minor damage but no casualties Friday morning, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The attack was the first on the embassy located in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities reopened ...

BAGHDAD — The U.S. formally transferred control of the Green Zone to Iraqi authorities Thursday in a pair of ceremonies that also handed back Saddam Hussein’s former palace. Iraq’s prime minister said ...