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Australian jailed in Iraq conditionally released after four years
An Australian man has been conditionally released from prison in Iraq, after four years of what the UN has called arbitrary ...
Family's plea after Australian released on bail in Iraq: 'He's very sick, we need him home'
Robert Pether's wife Desree has described his release as "a very small step in the right direction", noting that a travel ban ...
Energy Promises Fade as Iraq Faces a Long Hot Summer
U.S. sanctions on Iranian gas, disputes with the Kurdistan Regional Government, and rival political factions threaten to ...
Rubio urged to punish Iraq with 'maximum pressure' sanctions for its 'complete subjugation' by Iran
GOP lawmakers push for sanctions on Iraq, citing its subjugation by Iran and the need to halt U.S. aid, highlighting past ...
Australian Robert Pether released on bail after years behind bars in Iraq
An Australian man jailed in Iraq for four years has been released on bail, an Australian government source has confirmed to ...
West side Marine who was nearly killed in Iraq gets surprise of a lifetime
A decorated Marine Corps veteran from the west side of Cincinnati, who was nearly killed overseas, got the surprise of a ...
Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq
A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...
Australian detained in Iraq released after four years
An Australian man detained in an Iraqi prison for nearly four years has been released on bail. Engineer Robert Pether was ...
Iraq holds Kurdish government legally responsible for continued oil smuggling
Iraq's oil ministry said on Thursday it holds the Kurdish regional government (KRG) legally responsible for the continued ...
Why a Princeton graduate student kidnapped in Iraq still isn’t free 800 days later
With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to ...