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Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least

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Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdadand surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike

Death toll in Iraq cafe suicide attack rises to 32

BAGHDAD: Iraqi police and morgue officials say the death toll in a suicide bombing inside aBaghdad cafe has risen to 32 killed and 65 wounded. A suicide bomber set off

Iraq attacks kill 55 less than a week before vote

BAGHDAD: Insurgents in Iraq deployed a series of car bombsas part of highly coordinated attacks that cut across a wide swath of the country Monday, killing at least 55 on

Iraq: String of attacks across country kills 31

BAGHDAD: Insurgents launched what appeared to be a highly coordinated string of attacks in several parts of Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 31 and wounding more than 200,

Bombs at five Iraqi Shi’ite mosques kill 19

BAGHDAD: Car bombs hit five Shi’ite mosques inBaghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, killing 19 worshippers and injuring another 130. Ten years after

Kerry warns Iraq on Iran flights to Syria

  BAGHDAD: Just days after the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confronted Baghdad for continuing to grant Iran access to its

Iraq to revive cultural life to heal war wounds

BAGHDAD: Sewing machines buzz inside the Iraq Fashion House as dressmakers work late into the night behind concrete blast walls readying intricately embroidered costumes. Models rehearse for an upcoming show

Wave of Iraq blasts kill 56 decade after invasion

BAGHDAD: A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 200, highlighting increasing sectarian tensions in Iraq on the eve

Born in war and poverty, youth don’t abandon Iraq

BAGHDAD: The 21-year-old college student in Baghdad lost her father during the Iraq War to gunmen from a rival Muslim sect. Now she dreams of an Iraq where all people