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Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets
Middle East

Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets

Four people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said. In the Obeidi district of…
Police: Baghdad car bomb targeting pilgrims kills 7
Middle East

Police: Baghdad car bomb targeting pilgrims kills 7

A car bomb blast targeting Shi'ite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine killed at least seven people…
Vienna again tops survey of world’s nicest cities
Life & Style

Vienna again tops survey of world’s nicest cities

Vienna, Austria's elegant capital on the Danube river, has again been commended as offering the best quality of life of…
Baghdad’s first female mayor set to take the reins
Egypt

Baghdad’s first female mayor set to take the reins

A woman has been named as mayor of Baghdad for the first time, a government spokesman said Saturday, amid widespread…
US launches first strikes in Iraq Sunni Arab heartland
World

US launches first strikes in Iraq Sunni Arab heartland

The United States launched its first air strikes in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, bombing jihadists near a key dam on…
UN: 1,420 people killed in Iraq in August
World

UN: 1,420 people killed in Iraq in August

Violence in Iraq left at least 1,420 people dead in August as Iraqi forces fought to regain areas overrun by…
Islamic State captures Iraqi town, oil field
World

Islamic State captures Iraqi town, oil field

Islamic State Sunni insurgents have captured the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and a nearby oil field after a battle…
At least 60 killed in attack on Iraq prison convoy
World

At least 60 killed in attack on Iraq prison convoy

An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left at least 60 dead Thursday, even as politicians and…
Iraq forces find 53 corpses south of Baghdad
World

Iraq forces find 53 corpses south of Baghdad

Iraqi security forces found the bodies Wednesday of 53 men who had been bound and executed in a confessionally mixed…
Militants gain ground in battle for north Iraq town
World

Militants gain ground in battle for north Iraq town

Militants gained ground on Monday in a battle for a strategic Shia enclave in northern Iraq that provides a corridor…
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