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A series of apparently coordinated bombings across Iraq on the eve of the Islamic new year killed 15 people and wounded dozens.

Wave of attacks kills 56 in Iraq

A series of more than 25 attacks across Iraq have killed 56 people and wounded over 250 others with security forces and markets among the targets.

Iraq’s political crisis deepens after US forces withdraw

Iraq’s political crisis deepens after US forces withdraw

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on lawmakers to withdraw confidence from one of his deputies as the country’s political crisis deepened.

Gunmen slaughter Iraqi families, behead victims

Gunmen shot dead two Iraqi families, mostly children, and beheaded some of the 11 victims on Monday.

Dozens killed as blasts target Baghdad hotels

At least 36 people were killed and 71 wounded in three apparently coordinated minibus-borne bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad on Monday.

Baghdad governor wants minister sacked over carnage

Baghdad’s governor called on Tuesday for the Iraqi interior minister to be fired over twin bombings claimed by al-Qaeda.

Iraq shoe-thrower to walk free

Muntazer al-Zaidi, the reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George Bush, is expected to become a free man on Tuesday.

Baghdad Shi’ite mosques bombed, 27 killed

A string of powerful bomb attacks targetting Shi’ite Muslim worshippers in Baghdad on Friday killed 27 people, security officials said.

Iraq wants all non-US foreign troops out by July

All foreign troops except for US forces will be out of Iraq by the end of July, said the head of the Iraqi Parliament’s foreign affairs committee.

More than 900 killed in Iraq’s Sadr City clashes

More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City, which broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters…

Iraq death toll surges in March

The number of Iraqis killed in March climbed to 1 082, mostly civilians, the highest monthly figure since August, amid a spike in violence driven by clashes between Shi’ite…

Protests in Baghdad as Basra rocked by fighting

Followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged noisy protests on Thursday against a crackdown on Shi’ite fighters in Basra as the southern oil hub was rocked by a third…

More than 50 die in Iraq bloodshed

A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 51 people, while insurgents fired a barrage of mortars at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, sending United States embassy…

Scores held after bombs found at Sunni office

Authorities arrested more people on Friday after car bombs were found near the offices of Iraqi politician Adnan al-Dulaimi. Dulaimi said United States and Iraqi troops held 43…

At least 887 Iraqis killed in October

At least 887 Iraqis were killed in Iraq in October, ministry data showed on Thursday, slightly higher than September, which saw a total of 840 people killed across the nation.…

Iraq PM says civil war has been averted

Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave an upbeat assessment of the situation in his country on Monday, saying civil war had been prevented and boasting that violence…

Gunmen disguised as soldiers murder 29 Iraqis

Gunmen dressed in Iraqi military uniforms stormed a village in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala, north-east of Baghdad, overnight and murdered 29 people, security officials…

Wounds run deep for children of Iraq war

The day his mother and brother died is permanently engraved into the mind of eight-year-old Iraqi boy Ziad Irhaima — it is also cauterised on one of his arms into a small gnarled…

Al-Sadr bloc pulls out of Iraqi government

Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled his six ministers out of Iraq’s beleaguered coalition government on Monday as he pushed his demand for a rapid withdrawal of United States…

Insurgents slaughter scores of Iraqis in day of bombs

Bombs detonated across central Iraq on Monday, adding 40 more bloodied corpses to the grim toll of Iraqi dead as rebel groups mount a savage challenge to the latest United States…

Hunger-striking Saddam in hospital

Iraq’s ousted president Saddam Hussein was admitted to hospital on Sunday suffering from the effects of his hunger-strike, chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Musawi told Agence…