Iraq
Over 1,000 Iraqis killed in July, highest monthly toll since 2008: U.N.
BAGHDAD - More than 1,000 Iraqis were killed in sectarian violence in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, the United Nations said on Thursday, as Sunni Islamist groups stepped up their insurgency against Iraq's Shi'ite-led government.
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
BAGHDAD - An al Qaeda-affiliated group claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings across Iraq that killed 60 people on Monday and the Interior Ministry said it was facing an "open war" from insurgents bent on plunging the country into sectarian strife.
Insight: Iraq security forces outmatched as 'open war' returns
BAGHDAD - The prison guards were counting inmates after the evening meal at Abu Ghraib jail when suddenly the lights went out. By the time they realized what was going on, the biggest combat operation by Iraqi insurgents in five years was under way.
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
BAGHDAD - An al Qaeda-affiliated group said it orchestrated a wave of car bombings across Iraq that killed at least 60 people on Monday in revenge for the mistreatment of the country's Sunni community.
Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 60
BAGHDAD - Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year. | Video
Prosecutors call U.S. WikiLeaks soldier 'traitor' for security breach
FORT MEADE, Maryland - Military prosecutors called the U.S. soldier accused of the largest leak of classified information in the nation's history a "traitor" for releasing documents on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Bombings and shootings kill 28 across Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq - At least 28 people were killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq on Thursday, police said.
Insight: 'Crude for blood' - return of sectarian war hits Iraq's oil exports
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq - Iraq's Sunni insurgents are targeting its main northern oil pipeline, undoing plans for a massive increase in exports as violence reaches levels unseen since the darkest days of civil war.
Militants kill 14 Shi'ites after checking ID cards in north Iraq
TIKRIT, Iraq - Militants shot dead 14 Shi'ite tanker-drivers after checking their identity papers at a makeshift roadblock on the main route leading north from the Iraqi capital late on Wednesday, police said.
Gunmen shoot dead 13 police, soldiers in Iraq strikes
MOSUL, Iraq - Militants ambushed a minibus carrying Iraqi soldiers and in a separate attack opened fire on a checkpoint in the north of the country, killing at least thirteen people in total on Wednesday, police said.

