Iraq Travel News

Joe Biden, the vice president who might have been secretary of state, is widening his role as globe-trotting diplomat, drawing praise on some fronts and puzzlement on others.

Iran's state television says U.S. forces have released five Iranian diplomats who were detained in 2006 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding Shiite Iraqi militants.

Vice President Biden arrives in Baghdad, as security personnel stand guard, early July 2, 2009.

U.S. forces in Iraq helped to bolster Iraqi sovereignty in recent days with the opening of a new health care center and the return of two combat outposts to Iraqi control.

Accented on the second syllable, that means the ill wind that blows in summer across Iraq, and other countries in the region, stirring sandstorms in its wake.

The Las Cruces City Council will be considering a resolution Monday to create a regional recycling program.

An Iraqi policeman and a motorist wearing masks are seen at a checkpoint in sandstorm-hit Baghdad yesterday Hundreds of Iraqis are seeking medical help after one of the worst sandstorms in living memory stretched beyond a week yesterday, choking throats, clogging eyes and afflicting asthma sufferers in particular.

US Vice President Joe Biden with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad.

For area residents who have family members serving in the military, the fireworks blasting and erupting in color and sound through tonight's sky aren't just a pretty sight to conclude a vacation day.

Reporting from Baghdad - Vice President Joe Biden's mission to promote national reconciliation in Iraq was rebuffed Friday by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki , who told him that the issue was a domestic Iraqi affair and that U.S involvement wouldn't be welcome.

It was just another day for the U.S. Army in war-weary northern Iraq: insurgents in Mosul, political turf battles in Kirkuk, an attack on the Bayji oil refinery in Salah ad Din.

Fiery visit ... US Vice-President Joe Biden leaves the US military headquarters followed by US Ambassador Christopher Hill and General Ray Odierno in Baghdad / Reuters Fiery protest marks start of Biden's trip Visit three days after troop pullback Obama asked Biden to oversee departure A FIERY protest marked the start of US Vice President Joe ...

His helmet tucked under his arm, sweat forming on his brow below the sunglasses propped up on his head, Scott Thurman locks his blue eyes on the woman as she teeters on the edge of crumbling into wails of grief.

Army Reserve Maj. Miles Gengler didn't hesitate as he repeated the oath during his swearing-in as an attorney.

US Vice President Joe Biden was visiting Iraq Thursday in a surprise trip just days after US forces completed their pullout from Iraqi cities, the White House said.

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As a senator, Joe Biden had pushed a plan to partition Iraq. Now the White House wants him to lead efforts toward political reconciliation in the war-torn country.

TWO British hostages who died after being held by kidnappers in Iraq had been shot, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

The United States has no imminent plans to resume talks with Iran about Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday, signaling the latest impact of Tehran's postelection turmoil on U.S.-Iranian relations.

DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made a surprise visit to Baghdad at the end of her tour of the Middle East.