In today's Iraq, the measure of loyalty and competency of the Iraqi people is measured by their party allegiance.

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The United Nations Friday condemned the attacks on the Christian community in northern Iraq as the number of displaced approaches 10,000.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi leaders oppose an "open-ended presence" of the U.S. military in their country and want the troops shipped out, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed says.

TEHRAN, June 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. State Department official said diplomatic channels remain open with Tehran to discuss the security situation in Iraq, the Iranian state-run media said.

BAGHDAD, June 2 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration Monday set aside nearly $200 million to repatriate displaced Iraqi refugees living in other countries.

The Sunni Al Mashriq newspaper said Thursday in an editorial titled "The killing of 15 women" that the problem any militia in the world faces is that no matter how politically professional, organized and ideologically mature they are, they still might be accepted by one country and rejected by another.

BAGHDAD, March 31 (UPI) -- A Sadrist lawmaker said the Iraqi curfew enacted to quell recent violence created a humanitarian disaster amid inter-political wrangling over the shaky truce.

Al Mada newspaper reported Friday on the arrest of 14 wanted figures who were disguised as women in Diyala.