It was one of the largest manhunts in history. Having been ousted from power following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, the country’s once all-powerful and ruthless leader, went into ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein dodged questions from prosecutors cross-examining him for the first time Wednesday over a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. But he acknowledged approving death ...

B A G H D A D, Iraq, July 1, 2004 -- Defiant, belligerent and a little anxious, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein appeared before a single Iraqi judge in a courtroom near Baghdad today to hear ...

Intense preparations for Saddam Hussein's trial began shortly after his capture. There are intense demands on judges and lawyers to conduct that tribunal fairly as international observers continue to ...

"No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman," now in post-production, leaps forward a decade from the fall of Saddam and to the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein’s half brother argued with the chief judge Monday and accused a court employee of shaking down a relative for money as the trial entered its final phase without the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on ...

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict ...

When the U.S. invaded Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s personal office was looted. One of those items was a gold-laden, 43-inch sword with an embellished blade and Arabic writing to the Iraqi ambassador, the ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq's National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm. He clutched a Quran as he was ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein and three of his co-defendants have been on a hunger strike for nearly a week to protest what the defense says is a lack of security for their attorneys, the U.S.