BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country's personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The amendments ...

Iraqi lawmakers have passed amendments that give courts more authority in family matters, the Associated Press reported, and critics are concerned the move may spark a rise in child marriages.

Iraq has enacted a law that could legalise child marriage for girls as young as nine. Three contentious laws have been passed ...

Iraq's parliament sparked outrage on Tuesday after passing a series of controversial laws, including amendments to the country's personal status law that critics fear will effectively legalise child ...

Excluded, vilified and sometimes simply abandoned: such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants.

Michael D. Hauser starts parenting classes next week. It's just the latest battle in his journey to reclaim the life he lost when shrapnel from a suicide bomber pierced his brain and left him ...

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