IOC lifts ban, says "we look forward to seeing the Iraqi flag in Beijing." July 28, 2008 -- LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Olympic Committee ruled Tuesday that Iraq could participate in ...

BAGHDAD — Tensions flared again in Iraq Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving desecration of the Quran, Islam's holy book, which have sparked a debate over the balance between ...

Iraqi military forces raised the nation's flag over government buildings in western Mosul on Tuesday before fending off a withering counterattack from Islamic State insurgents being driven from a ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament's move to adopt a new, temporary national flag has provoked an outcry, with one city refusing to fly it and ordinary Iraqis attaching the old flag to their ...

(Adds quotes) By Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament adopted a new, temporary national flag on Tuesday in a move long demanded by the country's Kurdish minority who say the ...

BAGHDADBAGHDAD — Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked a debate over the balance ...