Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Iraqi girl poses with an ink-marked index finger at a polling station in the southern city of Basra during the historic Iraq ...

Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki emerges as a divisive contender as coalition talks intensify amid internal rifts and ...

Not exactly what the American president intended when he blasted the longtime politician this week. Or was it?

Opposition within Shia coalition and US threats hinder Nouri al-Maliki’s path to becoming Iraq’s next prime minister.

Whoever is nominated from the two Kurdish parties still needs approval from the Shia and Sunni blocs in the parliament.

Iraq’s parliament postpones the presidential election session without setting a new date, as political blocs continue negotiations amid lack of consensus.

Iraq Election Results FILE - Election workers gather parliamentary election ballots after the polls closed in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban ...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw support for Iraq if he returns to power.

BAGHDAD(AP) — Iraqis were voting on Tuesday in a parliamentary election that comes at a crucial moment for the country and the region. The outcome of the vote will influence whether Prime Minister ...

Iraq’s security forces performed especially well during parliamentary elections but a big test looms in the months ahead as votes are counted and Iraqi factions try to form a government, says CFR’s ...

Iraq is in the midst of a parliamentary election this week, a vote at a critical juncture for the nation and the wider region. The vote began on Sunday with polling for members of the security forces ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on Sunday, confirming that the party of caretaker prime minister Mohammed Shia ...