A State Department team is back in Washington after more than two weeks in Baghdad investigating diplomatic security practices, including the use of private security firms such as Blackwater USA, a ...

A delegation of military contractors, led by stalwart Donald Trump ally and former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has proposed that the federal government use militarized "processing camps," a private ...

When a team of security contractors for Blackwater Worldwide opened fire last year in Baghdad's Nisoor Square, nobody was quite sure if a crime had been committed, and if so, whether there was a ...

At least three Iraqis appeared yesterday before a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the September shootings in Baghdad by Blackwater Worldwide security guards that left 17 Iraqis dead. After an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead. Federal ...

Blackwater USA’s chairman said employees of the security contractor acted appropriately in a September 16 shooting in Baghdad that left at least eight people dead, dismissing “baseless allegations of ...

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she has ordered a "full and complete review" of security practices for U.S. diplomats in Iraq following a deadly weekend incident ...

(Adds Pentagon spokesman) WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States has barred diplomats and civilians from leaving Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after a shooting involving the ...