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In the majority of these cases, the killer was the girl’s father, husband or brother.

People best know Lynndie England from the damning photographs of her that surfaced eight years ago, when she and some military colleagues tortured and humiliated Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Today, the dishonorably discharged England is an underemployed single mother living with her parents in West Virginia.

By destabilizing Iraq, the militant organization is seeking to derail Baghdad’s contention that Iraq is moving towards “normalcy” after almost a decade of war.

An umbrella organization composed of extremist militant outfits including Al-Qaeda has claimed the responsibility for the latest series of violence that killed 46 people in eight cities of Iraq.

The People's Mujahedin of Iran, known as MEK, may have gone from being an anti-Western militant group to a clandestine ally helping to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program.

Researchers used old spy satellite photos to detect 9,000 potential early human settlements, according to a new study.

More than 40 people were killed and nearly 200 wounded in Iraq after a string of explosions struck towns and cities across the country on Tuesday.

At least 16 near-simultaneous explosions struck cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding more than 200, despite a massive security clampdown ahead of next week's Arab League summit.

U.S. officials believe that an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will draw U.S. military action and leave hundreds of American soldiers dead, the New York Times said.

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With formal charges against his client likely within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers was flying to Kansas Sunday and getting ready to meet the soldier for the first time.

Exxon Mobil has not suspended its work in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, an aide to the region's president said on Saturday, after Baghdad said Exxon had frozen its Kurdish deal.

Ever since the identity of the primary suspect in the Afghan massacre was leaked to the public, rumors swirled raising questions about his military service record, his mental stability, and his personal life.

Estimates of the amount that the tensions between the West and Iran have added to global oil prices range from $5 to $25 per barrel, according to Capital Economics.

The US soldier who gunned down 16 Afghan villagers including women and children on Sunday was identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.

The American soldier alleged to have carried out the massacre of 16 civilians in Afghanistan last weekend -- an event that has rocked already-shaky relations between the two countries -- was identified as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales on Friday.

After months of speculation and suggested threats against Exxon Mobil Corp., Iraqi officials announced Friday that the largest U.S. oil and gas company has frozen its deal with Kurdistan. Exxon Mobil declined to comment.

Israel's foreign minister said Friday in Beijing that his country hopes to resolve a nuclear standoff with Iran through diplomatic means. China has close ties to both Israel and Iran.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has attacked the United States for failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into the murder of 16 Afghan civilians, adding that he does not believe American claims the killings were the work of only one soldier.

Last weekend's shootings have damaged already-strained U.S.-Afghan relations, with President Hamid Karzai calling for American troops to pull back from rural areas and the Taliban suspending peace talks.

The prominent economist's main fear isn't the European debt crisis, a hard landing in China or faltering U.S. economic growth but a possible military showdown between Iran and Israel. A war in the Middle East could send oil prices soaring and cause a global recession.