A new wave of suicide bombings targeting Iraqi intelligence and judicial officials coincides with widespread Sunni protests demanding the resignaiton of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
In attack blamed on Iran’s elite Quds Force, Katyusha rockets rained down on the former US military base outside Baghdad now used by “demobilized” Mujahedeen Khalq fighters.
A military contractor that was accused in a lawsuit by former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison of conspiring to torture paid $5.28 million to ex-detainees.
A wave of bomb attacks across Iraq taregted Shi'ite pilgrims, as Sunni protesters blocked highways to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
An ongoing stand-off between an elite force of Iraq's national army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces around the contested northern city of Kirkuk led to skirmishes that left two dead.
Arabic-language news services report that 15 accused al-Qaeda members who recently escaped from a prison in Tikrit, Iraq, are now leading insurgent groups in Syria.
The Turkish military carried out a ground operation against PKK guerillas in northern Iraq, followed by airstrikes in the Kandil Mountains along the border.
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that two US citizens cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged torture by US soldiers in Iraq.
Human rights groups fear Iraq’s government may be using state-sanctioned executions to eliminate opponents held in prison following spate of over 20 executions last month.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu called for George W. Bush and Tony Blair to stand trial at the International Criminal Court for their roles in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
An Iraqi court rejected a US extradition request for accused Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq, finding that he should be released immediately from house arrest.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, top leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, announced in an audio message July 22 a new plan to free imprisoned militants, attack the Iraq's judiciary and retake lost territory. "We are… Read moreAl-Qaeda in Iraq inaugurates new campaign of attacks
