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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has led Iraq for eight years, and despite critics who say he has authoritarian tendencies, an election this week could give him four more years in power.

Does the public support or oppose federal standardized tests? It depends how you ask the question.

Does the public support or oppose federal standardized tests? Depends how you ask.

It may be surrounded by razor wire and checkpoints, but Baghdad's annual City of Peace Carnival attracts thousands to a huge riverside party to hear music, savor food and hope for a peaceful future.

The Iraqi Cabinet has approved the measure and sent it to parliament for a vote. Opponents say it would be a major setback for a country that has mostly secular laws.

Nearly a decade ago, Iraq's war drove millions from their homes and divided the country along sectarian lines. It's happening again in response to the latest brutality by the Islamic State.

Archaeologist Khaled al-Assad was killed in Palmyra, Syria, after he reportedly refused to answer ISIS' questions about where ancient artifacts were hidden.

By the summer of 2014, a third of Iraq was under the control of the self-proclaimed Islamic State or ISIS, and people worried the capital might be next. Six months on, that's changed.

Minority Sunnis are helping the militants sweeping Iraq's north and west. The support of ordinary Sunnis shows how difficult it will be to reverse the sectarian partition that's already happening.

Kurdish groups have often quarreled among themselves, or at least kept their distance. But Kurds from Iraq and Turkey have been fighting side-by-side in northern Iraq against the Islamic State.