WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians ... civilians at a crowded traffic circle in ...

A federal judge resentenced three former Blackwater security contractors Thursday to more than a decade in prison for their role in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad in which dozens of unarmed Iraqis were ...

The 2007 incident in Baghdad's Nisoor Square caused an international outcry The UN has sharply criticised President Donald Trump's decision to pardon four former Blackwater contractors jailed over ...

The 2007 killings triggered a debate over the role of defence contractors in warfare A US appeals court has overturned a murder conviction for a former Blackwater ... killings in Baghdad's Nisoor ...

came weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle, an incident that has led to one of the former guards being charged with murder. "Mr. Carroll's statement ...