This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. Authorities in Iraq have referred Saddam Hussein to stand trial for a 1982 massacre in a Shiite village. No date for the trial has been set, ...
Hadi Hasan’s The President’s Cake and Jihan K’s My Father and Qadhafi are both personal stories set against the turbulent ...
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 ...
Members of Iraq’s security forces and its internally displaced population headed to the polls in early voting on Sunday ahead ...
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’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 ...
It remains to be seen if Washington has learned enough of a lesson to destroy Iran’s remaining nuclear infrastructure. By John R. Bolton As a State Department Arabist, he served as ambassador to three ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
He made billions selling energy with his Coastal Corporation, courted presidents and dictators, and eventually went to prison for paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government. By Robert D. McFadden It ...