U.N. expert wants to probe Iraq contractor killings
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The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings said on Friday he plans to investigate deaths caused by the U.S. military and contractors in Iraq, including the recent Blackwater case in Baghdad.
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Iraqi scientists will assess pollution ranging from oil spills to scrap metal from destroyed military vehicles in an effort to tackle environmental damage in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Iraq&#039;s prime minister Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry of the rape-slaying of a girl and the killing of her family, saying the immunity from Iraqi prosecution enjoyed by U.S. forces &quot;encouraged them to commit such crimes.&quot;
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A senior UK official is sent to Iraq to investigate why a plane came down with the probable loss of 10 lives.
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The head of Nato calls for an investigation into the killing of 25 civilians in an air strike in southern Afghanistan.
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Torture may be worse now in Iraq than under Saddam Hussein, the UN's chief anti-torture expert says.
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Those behind the "cold-blooded murder" of 22 people at the United Nations office in Baghdad one year ago must be held to account, no matter how long it takes to find them, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.
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Iraq&#039;s prime minister called Wednesday for an independent investigation into an alleged rape-slaying by U.S. soldiers and said the immunity of coalition troops from Iraq prosecution should be reviewed.
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The U.S. military launched a   criminal investigation into whether U.S. soldiers killed a   family of four Iraqi civilians in their home south of Baghdad,   officials said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 2 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered a "professional and neutral" investigation into the cause of the violence that killed more than 50 people at a religious festival last week.
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Reuters on Monday asked the U.S. military to conduct a full and objective investigation into the killing last week of two of its staff in Iraq after evidence emerged casting doubt on explanations given for their deaths.
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The United Nations special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings is expected to make public his initial findings Wednesday into political killings in the Philippines.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called  at an emotional tribute on Thursday for the prosecution of  those behind the "cold-blooded murder" of 22 people at the  United Nations office in Baghdad one year ago.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced plans Monday to appoint an independent panel to investigate last month's twin suicide truck bombings that killed 17 U.N. staffers and at least 20 other people in Algeria.
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Top United Nations human rights official  Louise Arbour called on Tuesday for investigation of alleged  abuses in Falluja, Iraq, including disproportionate use of  force and the targeting of civilians.
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Iraq&#039;s justice minister demanded Tuesday that the U.N. Security Council ensure a group U.S. troops are punished for allegedly raping and murdering a young Iraqi and executing her family, calling the attack &quot;monstrous and inhuman.&quot;
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The United Nations is setting up an independent panel to investigate a bombing that killed 17 U.N. employees in Algiers on December 11, the world body announced on Monday.