BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed 28 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence that has been the most serious challenge to the ...

At least 36 people were killed in a series of car bombings that exploded in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad late on Tuesday, NBC News reported. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, ...

Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, allegedly directed the insurgent cell believed to be responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks Thursday, ...

Baghdad is on high alert for attacks after a blast in the central Karrada district on July 3 killed at least 292 people, making it one of the deadliest bombings in Iraq since U.S.-led forces toppled ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — A massive bombing by the Islamic State group outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad and a rush hour car bomb in another downtown area killed at least 31 people on Tuesday, ...

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Since the suicide car bombing outside the Baghdad headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross last month, several international charities have evacuated their expatriate staff members ...

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Yesterday saw the worst violence in Baghdad since President Bush declared that combat was over May 1st. At his news conference today, he said again that America won-- be driven away by terrorism. The ...

BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb Tuesday, killing up to 33 people in the second major ...