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Bombings kill 8 in Iraq
A series of attacks on a bus stop, police patrol and a convoy carrying the head of a university on Thursday in Iraq killed eight people and wounded ...
Report: 12 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey
Turkey's state television reported Tuesday that Turkish troops have battled Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, in fighting that left 12 rebels and ...
Iraqis government backers show support in rally
Witnesses say demonstrators have taken to the streets in Iraq's second largest city to back the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which ...
Infantry now shut to women; do they want it open?
If or when the Pentagon lets women become infantry troops — the country's front-line warfighters — how many women will want to? The answer is probably ...
Iraqi president said to be recovering from stroke
Iraq's ailing president is responding to treatment and is making progress in recovering from a stroke last month, the leader's office said Saturday.
Iraq's al-Sadr visits church, site of 2010 attack
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq's religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a ...
Car bomb in Iraq kills 20 Shiite pilgrims
A car bomb explosion tore through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims returning home Thursday from a religious commemoration, killing at least 20 and ...
Iraqi Shiite cleric lends support to Sunni protest
A top anti-American Shiite cleric lent support Tuesday to Sunni protesters who have been rallying against Iraq's Shiite-dominated central government, ...
Blasts aimed at Iraqi Shiites, police kill 23
Insurgents launched a wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday, primarily targeting Shiite communities and pilgrims and killing at least 23 people, ...
2 Iraqi Sunni protesters wounded by gunfire
Gunshots wounded at least two people Sunday at demonstrations in western Iraq when bodyguards and security forces protecting a senior Sunni politician ...
Iraqi Sunni protesters turn out in several cities
Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government massed along a major western highway and ...
Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni stronghold
Large, noisy demonstrations against Iraq's government flared for the third time in less than a week Wednesday in Iraq's western Anbar province, ...
Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem
Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town ...
Iranian exiles blame Iraqis for camp death
An Iranian exile group representing residents of a refugee camp outside Baghdad alleged Monday that one of its members has died after Iraqi ...
Iraqi protestors block highway to Jordan, Syria
Thousands of protesters demonstrated Sunday in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, ...
Bombing kills 4, wounds 11 in Iraq
An explosion at a shop selling CDs killed 4 people in a town northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday. Police officials say a bomb hidden ...
Iraq confirms arrest of minister's bodyguards
Iraqi authorities said Friday they've arrested 10 bodyguards of the country's Sunni finance minister in a terrorism-related sweep, the first official ...
UK doctor stripped of license over death of Iraqi
A British doctor was stripped of his medical license Friday for misconduct and dishonesty over the death of an Iraqi man who was beaten and killed ...
Iraq finance minister says staff members kidnapped
Iraq's finance minister on Thursday accused a "militia force" of kidnapping members of his staff and said he holds the prime minister personally ...
Former German defense minister Struck dies at 69
Former German Defense Minister Peter Struck, a vehement opponent of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, died Wednesday following a heart attack.
Iraq: Ailing president to be treated in Germany
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will be flown to Germany for further treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week, two Kurdish officials close ...
Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has suffered a stroke and was in intensive care at a Baghdad hospital Tuesday, injecting new uncertainty into the ...
Wave of bombings kills 25 across Iraq
A wave of bombings hit ethnically disputed northern areas and other parts of Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding dozens. The attacks deepen ...