Jake Rademacher’s documentary chronicles his brothers’ and his own efforts to transition from soldiers in Iraq to civilian life. (Opens Friday at Premier Cinemas Burleson) Ex-Husbands (NR) Griffin Dunne stars in this comedy as a recently divorced man who crashes his son’s wedding in Mexico and finds

The US aims to isolate Iran from the global economy and eliminate its oil export revenues to slow Tehran's development of a nuclear weapon The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on Saturday that had allowed Iraq to pay Iran for electricity,

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity as part of its “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic republic.  Read More

Oil prices are down 1% on Friday and were headed for their first monthly drop since November, as markets braced for Washington's tariff threats and Iraq's decision to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan region.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler traveled to Iraq last month to push for the release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago, three sources familiar with the matter said.

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov believed to be held by Iran-backed militia; sister says Trump administration has done more in a few weeks than Biden's did in two years

US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler traveled to Iraq last month to push for the release of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago,

The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its projects, forcing it to shut some programmes including helping torture victims in Iraq.

Iraq supplied more than $400 million worth of oil exports to the United States in January 2025, according to the US Census Bureau.

The U.S. ends a waiver allowing Iraq to buy Iranian electricity, as the Trump administration exerts pressure on Iran while claiming to be willing to negotiate with the Islamic Republic.