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The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution declaring that Iraq is no longer required to pay out to victims of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq had paid out US$50 billion to 1.4 million claimants, including one claim to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation that totaled US$14.7 billion, by the time of the resolution's passage.
2022-02-22

The Iraqi government enacts a curfew in Baghdad as renewed protests enters its fourth day.
2019-10-28

Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire.
2018-09-4

Fierce clashes in Iraq's Anbar province as Islamic State captures three villages near the provincial capital Ramadi.
2015-04-15

Twenty-six people convicted of terrorism charges are hanged in Iraq.
2014-01-21

15 people die in a suicide bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
2013-07-5

The government of Iraq shuts down 10 television stations including Al Jazeera, accusing them of encouraging the sectarian violence by Sunni muslims in the country.
2013-04-29

Tony Blair, who continued many of Thatcher's policies, expresses irritation at the response to her death, claiming people are being disrespectful. Blair appears on CNN to reveal his admiration for his predecessor, calling her "a huge figure, a towering figure."
2013-04-9

At least 29 people are killed and 126 wounded in eight car bombings across Iraq.
2012-11-27

Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry and is questioned in public for the first time about his decision to take the United Kingdom to war against Iraq.
2010-01-29