Iraqi officials say at least 15 people have been killed by two bomb blasts outside a bank where soldiers and police officers had gathered to collect their paychecks. Investigators say the Thursday attack at the state-run Rafidain bank in the city of Tikrit wounded another 30 people. Authorities say the first explosion was a car […]
Bomb Blasts Kill 12 in Iraq
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi officials say a pair of bombs have exploded in the city of Tikrit, killing at least 12 people and wounding 28 others. Authorities said said the first explosion was a car bomb that went off outside a bank where policemen were picking up their monthly paychecks. As people gathered at the site, officials say […]
Iraq Urges Kuwait To Stop Port Building
Posted July 27th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Iraq has asked Kuwait to suspend work on a controversial megaport in the Persian Gulf due to concerns that it could hurt Baghdad’s shipping interests. Iraqi spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh released a statement Wednesday saying his government has asked Kuwait to stop construction of the Mubarak Port on Bubiyan Island until it could assure Iraq that […]
Deaths Reported in Fighting Between Iran, Kurd Rebels
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Iran says an unspecified number of militants with the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan have been killed, following clashes along the Iraqi border. The state-run IRNA news agency said Tuesday that the militants were trapped by Iranian Kurdish volunteer forces Monday night in several towns in West Azarbaijan province. The news agency says the […]
Iran Shelling Kills 2 in Iraq’s Kurdish Region
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Cross-border shelling by Iranian forces has killed two people and wounded at least two others in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Iraqi Kurdish officials said Monday the artillery fire hit the town of Sidkan, about 20 kilometers from the border. Iran began an offensive against Kurdish rebels in the border region earlier this month and routinely […]
Iraq Unearths 300 Bodies From Mass Grave South of Baghdad
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
Iraqi authorities say they have unearthed about 300 bodies from a mass grave discovered south of the capital, Baghdad, earlier this month. A reporter for the VOA Kurdish service visited the grave site near the Iraqi town of Diwaniyah on Wednesday, accompanying a delegation of Iraqi lawmakers. He says Iraqi authorities told him that excavation […]
Iraq Leader Asks China For Reconstruction Funds
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
Iraq has asked China to help with the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country during a visit to Beijing by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Mr. Maliki led a high-level delegation in talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Monday at the Great Hall of the People. An Iraqi government spokesman said Iraq would like China to […]
Iraqi PM Visits China Seeking New Investment Sources
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is in Beijing for high-level talks aimed at securing investment in the reconstruction of his war-ravaged country. Mr. Maliki is expected to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other officials during his first visit to China, which winds up Thursday. In an exclusive interview with […]
Four Killed in Iraq Bombings
Posted July 16th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A bomb blast near Shi’ite pilgrims traveling to Iraq’s holy city of Karbala killed at least two people on Saturday, while two others were killed in a Baghdad bombing. Iraqi officials say at least 15 people were wounded in the blast near Karbala, where thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims are gathering for a religious festival. Two […]
Deadly Bombings Rock Iraq
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
At least three people were killed following a pair of bombings in Iraq on Friday. Security officials say a bomb placed under a parked car exploded near the holy city of Karbala, killing at least two people. The blast occurred as thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims gathered for a religious festival in the city. Meanwhile, officials […]
