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Bombs in Iraq kill 26, mostly Shi’ite pilgrims

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 14:29

Insurgents unleashed a string of bomb attacks mainly targeting Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims across Iraq, killing at least 26 people.

String of attacks across Iraq kill at least 31

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 18:44

The car bomb outside the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in downtown Kirkuk caused widespread damage.

Violence near northern city, 5 dead: Iraq official

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 18:30

An Iraqi official says five people have been killed in two separate incidents near the disputed northern city of Kirkuk.

Iraq: ‘Innocent’ fugitive VP rejects verdict

Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2012, 14:31

An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and his aide to death in absentia over terror charges.

Iraq: Fugitive VP sentenced to death; attacks kill 92

Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2012, 09:35

An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and his aide to death in absentia over terror charges.

Over 90 dead in attacks: Iraq officials

Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 09:14

Since the beginning of August, more than 190 people have been killed in violence across Iraq

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 24

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:45

More than 120 people have been killed in violence across Iraq since the start of August.

Al Qaeda claims Iraq`s worst violence in a month

Last Updated: Friday, April 20, 2012, 12:35

Al Qaeda says the Thursday morning wave of attacks that struck 10 cities across Iraq is just the beginning.

Iraq attacks kill at least 37

Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 11:47

Officials said extremists launched 12 attacks in the Iraqi capital and in the cities of Kirkuk, Samarra, Baqouba, Dibis and Taji.

Iraq prison staff detained over jailbreak

Last Updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 16:14

The entire staff of the detention centre is being questioned as part of the investigation into the prison break in Kirkuk.

Iraq: 17 detainees escape in prison break

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 13:40

A police spokesman said that 10 of those who escaped from Interior Ministry detention centre were al Qaeda-affiliated detainees.

Car bomb at Kirkuk church wounds 15: Police

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 15:18

Fifteen people were wounded on Tuesday by a car bomb targeting a Syrian Catholic church in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a police officer and a priest said.