Washington - The US State Department is extending its Iraq contract with Blackwater security firm, which is still under investigation for killing 17 Iraqi civilians last year.
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered an end to security operations against the Shiite militia loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr Friday to allow militants to lay down their ar
Baghdad - At least 37 people were killed Friday and 52 wounded, after a suicide attack in Baquba and separate US air raids in the same city some 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, police sources said.