The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Explore how major events between 5 and 11 January were captured on The Independent’s front pages

An image circulated over media the weekend of Jan. 3 and 4 was meant to convey dominance: Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed aboard a U.S. naval vessel. Shortly after the operation that seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would…

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a moderate Republican, said “the only country that the United States of America should be ‘running’ is the United States of America.”

Today, the National Archives of Australia (NAA) released a key selection of records of the Australian Cabinet and its National Security Committee from 2005.

Then PM wrote on note from aide in 2005 that case ‘must not’ be dealt with in civil court, archives reveal

Newly released UK cabinet papers from 2005 provide an insight into how the Blair government worked to flatter the Australian PM to influence his decision

Iraq’s parliament has elected a new speaker following overnight talks to break a political deadlock

Scholars know of some important ancient cities from texts, but they haven't been able to find them.

The president has previously argued that the U.S. should have taken Iraq's oil after the 2003 invasion, telling ABC News in 2015, "You win the war and you take it"

The small island nation supported the United States in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is heavily reliant on the US for financial support

After several fits and starts, lawmakers have finally repealed the 2002 Iraq War and 1991 Gulf War authorizations.