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UN: Syria refugees could reach 3.5M this year
The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries could more than double to 3.5 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said Friday ...
Car bombs kill 14 in Iraq, officials say
A series of car bomb explosions in and around Baghdad killed 14 people including seven policemen on Thursday, police officials said, adding that ...
Gunmen in Iraq ambush, shoot dead 14 travelers
Gunmen ambushed a group of travelers at a fake checkpoint at a remote desert site in western Iraq on Wednesday and killed at least 14 of them, ...
Japan 1st team to qualify for 2014 World Cup
Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, tying Australia 1-1 Tuesday night on Keisuke Honda's penalty kick in the first minute ...
2nd group of Iranian exiles comes to Albania
Albania has opened its doors to more exiles from an Iranian opposition group in Iraq as part of a relocation process worked out with the U.S. and the ...
After attacks, security tight for Iraqi pilgrimage
Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged Tuesday on a golden-domed shrine in northern Baghdad to commemorate the death of a revered eighth ...
Turkish PM, president at odds over protests
Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president ...
Turks, Kurds exchange fire along Iraq border
Turkey's military says it has returned fire after an outpost near the Iraq border was hit by "harassment fire." The Turkish military said an officer ...
Gunmen kill 3 Syrian truck drivers in Iraq
Gunmen in Iraq killed three Syrian truck drivers Sunday morning on a main highway linking Baghdad to Syria and Jordan, police officials said.
UN: More than 1,000 Iraqis killed in May violence
The United Nations mission to Iraq said Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country last month — the highest ...
OPEC keeps oil output target at 30 million barrels
OPEC oil ministers reached quick agreement Friday on keeping output targets steady but deferred solutions on how to deal with surging U.S. shale oil ...
Bomb and shooting kill 7 in Iraq
A bomb exploded amid Sunni worshippers leaving a mosque in west Baghdad, one of two attacks Friday that left seven dead in Iraq, officials said.
Alarm grows as Iraqi forces fail to stem violence
Officials in Iraq are growing increasingly concerned over an unabated spike in violence that claimed at least another 33 lives on Thursday and is ...
Evening bomb blasts kill 30 in Baghdad
Bomb blasts tore through two Baghdad neighborhoods Wednesday evening, killing at least 30 people including several members of a wedding party, and ...
Bombings, clashes kill 19 in Iraq wave of violence
Bombings and gunfire in central and northern Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, in the latest bloody chapter of a wave of ...
US intelligence embraces debate in security issues
In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, veteran intelligence analyst Robert Cardillo was given the nickname "Debbie Downer." With ...
Bombs tear through Iraqi capital, killing over 60
A coordinated wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 66 people and maiming nearly 200 as ...
Deadly attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout
Here is a look at the some of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011: —May 27, 2013: A wave of car ...
Iraq officials says separate attacks kill 14
A string of attacks killed at least 14 people in Iraq on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence of what has been a particularly bloody month ...
Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi
Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi.
UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its ...
Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq
Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a ...
UK, Denmark eye visas for Afghan interpreters
Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K.
Iraqi premier orders army shake-up after attacks
Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by ...