Iraq War

A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one civilian and wounded two others in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

The attack occurred at the site of a blast that killed at least 34 people and wounded 224 the day before. The toll was raised Thursday from a previous total of 18 killed.

President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a joint letter in November. On the surface, the "Declaration of Principles" appears as a mutual "expression of friendship," as it has been characterized...

A defense contractor hired to repair combat equipment routinely failed to do the job right and then charged the government millions of dollars for the extra work needed to get the gear ready for battle in Iraq and Afghanistan...

U.S. and Iraqi forces mounting a nationwide offensive against al-Qaida have yet to tackle the insurgent group's hub for money and foreign fighters in the city of Mosul but have pushed them out of many other parts of the country...

Iraq's deputy prime minister said Thursday that he favors a series of "rolling" local elections as part of a crucial push to devolve power to the nation's provinces, and that the first votes are likely to begin "soon."

Around 7 p.m., gunmen kidnapped an engineer ( Ali Mahmood ) from his house at the Basra international camp ( north west Basra), police said.

Gunmen abducted seven oil tanker drivers on Wednesday near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The drivers were transporting oil from the Baiji oil refinery to western Anbar province.

Iraqi authorities say the police chief of the northern city of Mosul has been killed in a suicide bomb attack as he was touring the site of Wednesday's massive explosion that killed at least 18 people.

Hamed Ahmed, an influential tribal sheik, lives by the flowing waters of the Euphrates River — but when he turns on his faucets, nothing comes out. As recently as a year ago, such concerns might have seemed secondary in Fallujah...

Sgt. Michael R. Sturdivant, 20, of Conway, Ark., died Jan. 22 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during convoy operations. He was assigned to the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological...

Lance Cpl. James M. Gluff, 20, of Tunnel Hill, Ga., died Jan. 19 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

A thunderous blast tore through a vacant apartment building in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 17 civilians and wounding more than 130 in adjacent houses just minutes after the Iraqi army arrived to investigate tips about a weapons cache.

Five Iraqis were killed and 12 others were injured Wednesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in local market in Al-Dabs area, located in Kirkuk city in northern Iraq.

Gunmen in a car sprayed an Iraqi army foot patrol with gunfire in central Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and wounding two, security and hospital officials said.

Seven people were killed and up to 70 wounded in a bomb attack on a residential building in Iraq's northern city of Mosul today. Women and children were among the casualties, police said.

A bomb attack on a residential building in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on Wednesday killed and wounded up to 50...Women and children were among the victims, police said. They did not have an immediate break-up of the dead and wounded.

Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad Wednesday, killing eight soldiers and wounding two, police said. The drive-by shooting occurred about 11 a.m. in the Bab al-Mudham district...in central Baghdad.

Gunmen killed the dean of Baghdad University's dental school while he was driving home from work on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.

Unknown gunmen attacked with missiles a main British military base near Basra airport. The British Army spokesman said on Wednesday the base was attacked with missiles late on Tuesday, adding that the attack did not cause any casualties or damage.