The body of Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison in Iraq, went missing on Thursday after it was snatched in Baghdad while en route to Jordan for burial, Aziz's ...

When Richard Butler, the chief weapons inspector, first visited Baghdad, Aziz gave him a $75 cigar (Aziz smoked Cuban Cohibas). But the relationship soured, and the U.N. inspectors pulled out in 1998.

BAGHDAD -- The international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting Shiites just over three months after the Americans transferred ...

Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said on Friday. He was 79.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced Tariq Aziz, a senior member in Saddam Hussein's government, to death by hanging for the persecution of Shiites after the Persian Gulf War, officials said.

Ziad Tariq Aziz, Aziz's son, said in a phone interview that the family has not heard from him in more than a month and is not sure whether his court-appointed attorney has filed an appeal, which ...