Bill Ickes
latest news & developmentsViolence flares in Iraq ahead of Ashura rite
At least 24 Iraqis were killed in ambushes, car bombs and fire fights on Sunday as Shi’ite Muslims headed to the shrine city of Karbala for Ashura, one of their most sacred…
Leaders plead for better understanding of Islam
With Muslim extremists blamed for fomenting global unrest, leaders from Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan and Pakistan met at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to mull the…