BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least three schoolchildren were killed and six people wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, police and medical sources said. Police said the bomb went off near a bus carrying the high school students in the Shura area to
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Two policemen killed and three wounded in a suicide attack near Iraq
By: Middle East Affairs On Thursday, police source said: "At slightest two policemen were killed and three injured when a suicide bomber drove an auto brimming with explosives at their checkpoint close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk." "The assault occurred in the town of Abbasi, around 65 km (40 miles)
Iraq tense after election recount and bomb explosion occur hours apart
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers on Thursday to remain calm after an explosion killed 18 people in his main stronghold in Baghdad just hours after parliament called for a recount of votes in an election his bloc won. Sadr, a nationalist who tapped growing resentment
French FM says Iran within limits, but dangerously close to “red line”
By Middle East Affairs France's foreign minister said that Iran's plans to proceed with uranium enrichment capacity as they wait out and see what happens with nuclear deal is drawing dangerously close to the "red line". On Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader announced Iran's plans to begin preparations for increased uranium enrichment capacity
Israeli tank kills 3 Islamic Jihad members, 1 Israeli soldier killed in a raid
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tank shelling killed three members of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical officials said, after weeks of border protests that have drawn lethal army fire. Israel's military confirmed the strike, saying it targeted an observation post in response to a