Lindsay Wise

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria announced Sunday that it was changing its name and reviving the caliphate, the news lit up the Internet and headlined news reports around the world.

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria announced Sunday that it was changing its name and reviving the caliphate, the news lit up the Internet and headlined news reports around the world.

Saudi Arabia has deployed 30,000 troops to reinforce its border with Iraq, according to Saudi-owned television station al-Arabiya.

The Islamic State has ordered rival Sunni militant groups in Iraq to lay down their arms and swear allegiance.

A major U.S.-funded power plant built in Afghanistan by Kansas-based contractor Black & Veatch is barely being used and is not properly maintained by poorly trained Afghan staff, according to a recent audit.

Iraq’s newly elected parliament adjourned Tuesday without deciding on a new speaker.

WASHINGTON Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki may not be able to muster enough support in parliament to keep his job.

Iraq’s top Shia cleric on Friday stressed the need for Iraqi politicians to put aside their differences in order to choose the next prime minister before a new parliament convenes next week.

A new type of savings account taps into the Powerball fantasies of Americans by giving customers the opportunity to win cash prizes every time they make a deposit.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday that he welcomed Syrian airstrikes against radical Sunni militants on the border between Syria and Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday denounced calls to form an emergency unity government as a “coup against the constitution and an attempt to end the democratic experience.”

Radical Sunni militants claimed victory on Tuesday in the battle for control of Iraq’s largest oil refinery, but Iraqi and Kurdish officials denied the facility had fallen totally into rebel hands.

WASHINGTON A White House spokesman confirmed on Friday that the administration is not ruling out airstrikes to target the radical militant group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Opponents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are waging a propaganda war with the radical Sunni militant group on Twitter.

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urged Iraqis to unite to expel radical Sunni militants from the country and called for the formation of a new government during a sermon on Friday.