Jalal Talabani—or Mam (Uncle) Jalal, as he was widely known—loved to tell jokes. He once recounted how, on his way back to his house in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraqi Kurdistan, he had spotted a man ...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was in stable condition late Tuesday after he was rushed to a Baghdad hospital Monday night, his office said. In a statement issued Tuesday night, the president’s ...

In fractured, postwar Iraq, Jalal Talabani — who died Tuesday in a German hospital at age 83 — had the ability to solve some of the country's most serious problems over lunch. As a skilled ...

Jalal Talabani, who dominated Kurdish politics for decades, ascended to the Iraqi presidency in the post-Saddam Hussein era, and yet remained Mam (“uncle”) Jalal to his people, has died in Berlin.

Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the country’s first non-Arab president, has died at the age of 83, his family said. His niece, Alaa Talabani, an Iraqi member of parliament, confirmed his ...

By Michael R. Gordon Video of the ailing president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, surfaced just as some voting got underway for the first parliamentary elections since the United States withdrawal in 2011.

BERLIN – Germany's foreign minister says Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in the country for treatment following a stroke. Guido Westerwelle said Thursday that Talabani would be ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- Iraq's president has rejected the recently passed provincial elections law, his office said on Wednesday -- a move that appears to doom what has been touted as all-important ...

As he stepped into office to become Iraq’s first Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani told his followers, “I am casting off my Kurdish clothes and wearing Iraqi ones instead. You must accept that.” ...

Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the country’s first non-Arab president, has died at the age of 83, his family said. His niece, Alaa Talabani, an Iraqi member of parliament, confirmed his ...