Iraq’s parliament has passed three divisive laws including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say ...

Iraqi law currently sets 18 as the minimum age of marriage in most cases. The changes passed Tuesday would let clerics rule ...

Iraq passes bill that critics say legalises child marriage - Activists argue the new laws will erode safeguards for women ...

Iraq 's parliament has passed amendments to the personal status law, which critics argue could legalize child marriage. The ...

Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.

Iraq's parliament approved three controversial laws. One empowers clerics to determine the marriage age for girls. This has ...

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join ...

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The actions of the girls despite the death sentence are messages that the victims of child marriage might not relent in asserting their choices and freedom and that the threat of paying the ...

Oh, to be Mom and Dad’s VIP. When discussing whether or not parents have a favorite child, mom’s usually the word. But new research is blowing the lid off the ugly truth — there’s almost ...

Just because you say you don’t have a favorite child, doesn’t mean everyone around you can’t tell whom you like best. Take the episode of “The Crown” in which Prince Philip, Duke of ...