ARBIL, Iraq - Tensions between ethnic and religious groups have been rising in Iraq ahead of the elections Thursday. The vote wile be the third in less than a year, and the last step in the current process of political transition to a democratic government. Unlike the...

ARBIL - Despite the signing of a draft constitution by the Iraqi constitutional panel comprising mainly Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders, Sunnis are still seeking amendments to the text. Iraqi leaders agreed to a common text Sunday, but did not send it to parliament for...

ARBIL, Iraq - The two main Kurdish parties have still not reached agreement on setting up a regional government and parliament after elections held Jan. 30. In that election Kurds voted for the National Assembly and also for a 111-seat regional parliament. A coalition...

ARBIL - Two years and three elections after the fall of the Saddam regime, Kurdistan is taking shape as a nation within a nation. Kurds voted Jan. 30 for the Iraqi National Assembly, for a Kurdish parliament, and for local government through the governorate councils....