BAGHDAD (AFP) - A massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 48 people in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than two months.
The blast was the deadliest in a series of bombings Thursday that claimed 53 lives across the city, and is the latest in a spate of violence in the past 10 days that has killed more people than in November or [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three bombings near mosques in central and northern Baghdad on Thursday killed two people, and gunmen also killed a jewellery shop owner, an interior ministry official said.
The violence came hours after US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital for meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other senior officials.
One bomb exploded near the Husseiniya [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden came to Iraq on Thursday "to help Iraqis celebrate" progress, he said, while warning during his surprise visit that Baghdad's forces will continue to need American support.
Biden's arrival came during an unannounced tour of world hotspots that had previously taken him to Kabul, where he met Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and to Islamabad, where he had [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A wave of bomb attacks in Iraq's capital has killed two Christians and wounded 16, further stoking fears in a community already terrified after a massacre at a church there two months ago.
Fifteen bombs were placed at different Christian homes late on Thursday, an interior ministry official said on Friday.
"Two Christians were killed and 16 wounded" by the 11 bombs that w [...]
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Long known as the globe's most dangerous highway, Baghdad authorities are now aiming to turn the Iraqi capital's airport road into "the most beautiful street in the world".
Known within the US military as "Route Irish" and grimly dubbed "RPG (rocket propelled grenade) alley", those using the road were subject to daily attacks from insurgents during the peak of Iraq's sectari [...]
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - A spate of early morning bomb and mortar attacks on homes of Christians in Baghdad Wednesday left at least three people dead and 26 wounded, an interior ministry official said.
"Two mortar shells and 10 homemade bombs targeted the homes of Christians in different neighbourhoods of Baghdad between 6:00 am and 8:00 am (0300 and 0500 GMT)," the official said, speaking on condition [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Inter-party talks to form a new government a full eight months after Iraq's parliamentary election moved to Baghdad on Tuesday in a race to clinch an elusive accord before a meeting of parliament.
Iraqi leaders in the Kurdish capital of Arbil, northern Iraq, failed to agree on a proposed power-sharing accord on Monday, the first day of all-party talks before MPs convene on [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Activists staged a satirical play in a Baghdad square on Saturday to protest against greedy politicians, as Iraq marked eight months without a new government since an inconclusive parliamentary election.
The skit denounces the costly lifestyle of politicians despite the hard times ordinary Iraqis still face in a country battered by war and sectarian strife since the 2003 U [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Eleven car bombs rocked Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghad on Tuesday killing at least 63 people amid growing concern that Sunni militants are taking advantage of a persistent power vacuum seven months after an inconclusive general election.
Another 285 people were wounded in the bombings, which came just two days after Al-Qaeda gunmen stormed a church in the heart of the capital a [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The first flight by a European carrier in 20 years landed in Baghdad on Sunday, marking an important step for a country looking to post-war reconstruction following the ravages of the 2003 US-led invasion.
The Airbus A319 operated by France's Aigle Azur airline from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport touched down at 6:00 am (0300 GMT), carrying on board France's Trade Ministe [...]
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