VA is prodded to give more aid to female vets

37 killed in attacks on Baghdad hotels

Suicide bombers struck almost simultaneously at three landmark Baghdad hotels Monday, killing 37 people, nearly half of them after a...

'Chemical Ali' hanged by Iraq government

The Iraqi government on Monday hanged Ali Hassan Majid, one of the most notorious figures of Saddam Hussein's regime, who had earned the...

Witnesses to devastation, and to their own luck

It was lucky for us that the suicide bombers struck first at two other hotels, and that the one who targeted our hotel was forced by...

Producers Guild honors 'The Hurt Locker'

After being shut out at the Golden Globes last week and the Screen Actors Guild awards on Saturday night, "The Hurt Locker" won the...

Baghdad crackdown corks drinkers' spirits

It started in the Green Zone, with Iraqi soldiers ordering restaurants to stop serving alcohol and confiscating bottles from politicians...

Biden says U.S. will appeal Blackwater ruling

Vice President Joe Biden promised Saturday that the Obama administration would appeal a U.S. court's decision to drop charges against a...

Occidental Petroleum and partners to develop massive Iraqi oil field

Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Friday that it and two major partners -- Italian energy conglomerate Eni and Korea Gas Corp. -- had signed a...

Biden in Iraq to discuss election crisis

Vice President Joe Biden flew into Baghdad on Friday night with a mission to ease rising tensions over the barring of hundreds of mostly...