Iraq News

Iraqis in two Sunni-dominated provinces where provincial elections had been delayed over security concerns were casting ballots Thursday amid tight security measures aimed at thwarting insurgent attacks.

Al-Qaida's Iraq arm is gathering strength in the restive northern city of Mosul, ramping up its fundraising through gangland-style shakedowns and feeding off anti-government anger as it increasingly carries out attacks with impunity, according to residents and officials.

At least four people were killed and 21 injured in separate shooting and bomb attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Among the Iranian pilgrims, foreign executives and tourists in the departure lounge at Baghdad airport, a group of young Iraqis prepare to wage religious war in Syria - not for the rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad but against them.

New Delhi, June 19 : In the first trip by an Indian minister in decades, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Wednesday left for Baghdad on a two-day visit in a concerted effort by India to engage with Iraq at the highest level and deepen ties with the oil-rich country.

Marine Col. Jon Aytes watches at left as Army Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the area.

At least 31 people were killed and 57 others were wounded when two suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990.

Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up amid worshippers in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding 25. A medic in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties.

Security forces stand guard at Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

U.S. oil giant Chevron says it has signed a deal with Iraq's Kurdish regional government to expand its oil exploration territory in the northern self-rule region.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in and around a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing thirteen people and wounding 32, according to Iraqi authorities.

A bloody end to a simple morning meal. Seven people in the town of Taji north of Baghdad were killed on Monday, when a bomb exploded at this modest restaurant during the start of their work day.

An al Qaeda video posted online in late May and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute shows masked Muslim teenage boys undergoing military training and indoctrination at an al Qaeda camp inside Syria.

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car-bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Sunday.

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A Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend on a sprawling camp near Baghdad that killed two members of an Iranian exile group.