CONCORD, N.H. — Twenty years ago, Tim McLaughlin’s flag briefly came to symbolize victory in Iraq and the hope that U.S. military power might democratize the Middle East. McLaughlin was a young Marine Corps officer whose platoon was among the first ...

BAGHDAD — Tensions flared again in Iraq Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving desecration of the Quran, Islam's holy book, which have sparked a debate over the balance between freedom of speech and religious sensitivities.

The Assyrian Congress on Saturday expressed their rejection of changes approved by the Iraqi parliament to the national flag a week ago. "Amidst all the political crises that threaten Iraq's unity and destiny, the parliament has lost all sense of priority ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament's move to adopt a new, temporary national flag has provoked an outcry, with one city refusing to fly it and ordinary Iraqis attaching the old flag to their cars in a silent protest. Iraqis have flooded chat rooms on ...

WASHINGTON — Commuters in the DMV area may have noticed that American flags outside have been lowered to half staff. The reason behind it is the recent passing of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. He was 84 years old.

The Iraqi flag has been getting a tremendous amount of airplay lately. For the past few months, it's appeared frequently in television news graphics. On Wednesday, soldiers briefly displayed the Iraqi flag from the head of a Saddam Hussein statue in ...