BAGHDAD – The Iraqi government has announced a mandatory official holiday due to a heat wave. Wednesday's late night statement calling for a Thursday holiday came from the Iraqi Cabinet as ...

Iraq is widely considered the most dangerous ... Satterfield told the committee staff that if the decision was his, he would begin mandatory assignments. A committee staff member said the foreign ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is trying to quell a revolt among U.S. diplomats angry over attempts to force foreign service officers to work in Iraq under threat of dismissal. Rice plans to ...

Service in the armed forces was mandatory in Iraq from 1935 up until 2003, when a U.S.-led invasion toppled former dictator Saddam Hussein. The bill would pave the way for the conscription of ...

Diplomats were informed last week that nearly 50 vacant positions would be filled in Iraq through mandatory assignments. It’s believed to be the first time officials have been ordered into ...

More than 1,200 of 11,500 eligible State Department personnel have already served in Iraq, but the growth of the embassy has led to an ever-increasing demand. The notices, which most diplomats ...

P O P E   A I R   F O R C E   B A S E, N.C., Jan. 29 -- For the first time, U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq are being required to undergo counseling to help them adjust to being home.

WASHINGTON — The State Department is dropping plans to force diplomats to serve in Iraq because volunteers have filled all 48 vacant positions at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and in outlying ...

DUBAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Iraqi telecom company Asiacell is worried low local bourse liquidity could stop it from raising enough money in a mandatory ... then list on the Iraq Stock Exchange ...