Baghdad - Nine militiamen were killed in a US raid Sunday during fighting between US and Iraqi troops and loyalists of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in their stronghold in east Baghad, while 42 abd

Baghdad - Iraq's political bloc

Baghdad  - A a priest and three civili

Tehran  - Iran has limited talks with the United States on Iraq's security, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini told the news network Khabar Saturday.

Baghdad - At least three civilians were killed and 15 others wounded when a bomb targeted a bus in the Iraqi capital, media reports said on Saturday.

Washington  - The US State Department is extending its Iraq contract with Blackwater security firm, the diplomatic protection service which is still under investigation for killing 17 Iraqi civilia