Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists say undermines women’s rights.

Iraq’s top court suspended implementation of three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament, including amendments to a legislation that activists said would undermine women’s r ...

Amendments to Iraq's personal status law have been suspended by the country's Supreme Court, pausing plans to allow girls as ...

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended the implementation of three laws concerning general amnesty, ...

The ‘exceptional’ financier, one-time hostage negotiator and husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor has died suddenly aged 45 from a ‘catastrophic head injury’. Maddy Mussen reports on his private but rema ...

Islamic extremists like Hamas believe the Quran calls them to subjugate or kill non-Muslims, and to bring the entire world to ...

The National Secular Society calls for organisation to be stripped of status, saying it makes mockery of counter-extremism ...

A former military bride from San Diego came to Concord Tuesday to urge t Legislature to reject a proposal to allow 17-year-olds to marry if one member of the couple is active-duty military. The bill ...

On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, including the amended personal status law and a general ...

Iraq’s parliament recently revised and approved amendments to the Personal Status Law which reduced the minimum marriage age ...

Iraq’s parliament has approved new legislation that would lower the minimum age of marriage below 18, a shift rights groups ...

Currently, the minimum age for a girl's marriage is 18, but the proposed changes to the law would give more power to clerics ...