Iraq gunbattle kills 36

Insurgents attacked a police station south of Baghdad late Sunday, prompting an hourlong gunfight that killed 22 Iraqi security forces and 14 attackers, reports Xinuha. Reports said the clash broke......

Iraq car bomb kills 13

At least 13 people died and 40 others were wounded on Monday when a car bomb targeting a top Shia leader exploded in Iraq, report agencies. \nThe blast occurred outside the offices of the Supreme......

On the ruins of Mosul, Pope says hope more powerful than hatred

Standing amid the rubble left by the now defeated Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, Pope Francis on Sunday said that hope is 'more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war'. IMAGE:......

Top cleric arrives in Najaf

Iraq's Top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, arrived in Najaf Thursday to try and end weeks of fighting between Shia militiamen and US and Iraqi forces, report agencies. Sistani, 74,......