Human Rights Watch has warned that thousands of detainees transferred to Iraq face a serious risk of abuse and unfair trials.

Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian Democratic Forces gather outside the city of Derik in north-east Syria on Thursday. The Kurdish-led forces’ grip on the ...