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Iraqi police say at least 31 people were killed and some 48 others wounded in three suicide bomb attacks in the northern city of Baquba Wednesday.

The Iraqi military will reinstate 20,000 Saddam Hussein-era army officers who were dismissed from their posts after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion for serving under the former dictator, an Iraqi defense spokesman said Friday.

The Sunni wing of Iraq's leading nonsectarian political coalition is dropping out of next month's elections, saying the vote ...

The U.S. military in Iraq released a Reuters photographer Wednesday after holding him for almost a year and a half without charge.

Twin car bombs killed at least 40 people and wounded 145 others on Friday in Iraq's holy city of Kerbala as hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims observed a major religious rite, health officials said.

A bomb planted on a parked motorcycle exploded Wednesday on the outskirts of the holy city of Karbala, killing at least 20 Shiite ...

A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad on Monday, killing 54 and wounding 109, marking the latest in a string of attacks that had unnerved the city ahead of pivotal national elections in March.

A suicide car bomber has killed at least 18 and injured dozens more in a strike against Interior Ministry offices in central ...

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels used by foreigners in the heart of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and raising questions about government pledges on security before a March election.

The U.S. Marine Corps has wrapped up its role in Iraq, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops.