Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, ...

Hasan Hadi’s film The President’s Cake centres on a deceptively simple premise: every year, schoolchildren were selected to ...

For Iraqis who lived through the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein's birthday on April 28 was a disorientating day of celebration and propaganda. - Tragic 'randomness' - Hadi drew on his own memories of ...

Bursts of celebratory gunfire went up as dawn broke in Baghdad, where news of Saddam Hussein’s execution reached people as they awoke. After the echoes of the shots faded, people went to their ...

The instantly recognisable face peers out from everything from bumper stickers to mobile phone cases in Jordan, despite symbols and images associated with his rule being widely considered taboo in ...

With the announcement Sunday of the capture of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a new chapter has been opened in the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. President Bush, in his televised address, told ...

Intense preparations for Saddam Hussein's trial began shortly after his capture. There are intense demands on judges and lawyers to conduct that tribunal fairly as international observers continue to ...

BEIRUT -- The late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's great-nephew has no links with the Islamic State group but was sent back to Iraq as part of a political deal with Lebanese authorities, his lawyer said ...

Listen Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Request reprint permissions here. Sometimes foreign policy lies downstream from technology. When navies ran on wind, the lumber that could produce ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq announced on Monday that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric. The ...

Iraq executes former Major General Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi for his role in the 1980 killing of Shiite cleric Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr.