Baghdad Twin Blast

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing that killed 32 people and wounded 110 at a crowded market in central Baghdad on Thursday.

The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Iraq executed five convicts on Monday, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.

Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.

At least 82 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday.

Two suicide car bombs exploded seconds and a few hundred metres (yards) apart in a busy area of central Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 13 people, police and medical sources said.

The death toll from twin jihadist bombings that struck a Shiite political rally in the Iraqi capital ahead of next week's parliamentary election has risen to 33, officials said on Saturday.

Twin bombings at a Shiite political party's rally in Baghdad killed 28 people on Friday, a security spokesman said, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.

Two roadside bombs exploded on the edge of the north Iraq town of Tuz Khurmatu today, killing at least 13 people, most of them children.

Iraqi officials say bomb blasts at a market north of Baghdad and another on the outskirts of the capital have killed 23 people.

Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad.

Militants killed 25 Iraqi security forces in a wave of attacks on Thursday, and 15 other people died in other attacks including 10 mourners in twin bombings, officials said.

Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.

Two suicide bombers today blew themselves up and killed seven people at the governmentcompound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, local officials in the Iraqi province of Anbar said.Insurgents frequently go after government targets in effort to destabilise the US-backed authorities, especially now as American troops prepare to leave by the end of...

Iraqi officials say a pair of car bombs have torn through two different neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing 21 people and wounding dozens of others.The nearly simultaneous blasts Sunday morning broke a period of relative calm since the end of the holy month of Ramadan nearly two weeks ago and underlined the challenges in protecting Iraq's capital.Arm...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing that killed 32 people and wounded 110 at a crowded market in central Baghdad on Thursday.

The death toll from a massive suicide bombing in Baghdad over the weekend has reached 250, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Iraq executed five convicts on Monday, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.

Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said on Sunday.

At least 82 people were killed and 200 injured in two bombings that hit Baghdad around midnight Saturday, nearly all of them in a blast targeting a busy shopping area as they celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said Sunday.

Two suicide car bombs exploded seconds and a few hundred metres (yards) apart in a busy area of central Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 13 people, police and medical sources said.

The death toll from twin jihadist bombings that struck a Shiite political rally in the Iraqi capital ahead of next week's parliamentary election has risen to 33, officials said on Saturday.

Twin bombings at a Shiite political party's rally in Baghdad killed 28 people on Friday, a security spokesman said, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.

Two roadside bombs exploded on the edge of the north Iraq town of Tuz Khurmatu today, killing at least 13 people, most of them children.

Iraqi officials say bomb blasts at a market north of Baghdad and another on the outskirts of the capital have killed 23 people.

Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad.

Militants killed 25 Iraqi security forces in a wave of attacks on Thursday, and 15 other people died in other attacks including 10 mourners in twin bombings, officials said.

Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.

Two suicide bombers today blew themselves up and killed seven people at the governmentcompound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, local officials in the Iraqi province of Anbar said.Insurgents frequently go after government targets in effort to destabilise the US-backed authorities, especially now as American troops prepare to leave by the end of...

Iraqi officials say a pair of car bombs have torn through two different neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing 21 people and wounding dozens of others.The nearly simultaneous blasts Sunday morning broke a period of relative calm since the end of the holy month of Ramadan nearly two weeks ago and underlined the challenges in protecting Iraq's capital.Arm...