A powerful suicide car bomb struck the local headquarters for the party of a key Kurdish leader early Wednesday in the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least four and wounding dozens, according to officials. The blast outside the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party caused widespread damage, mangling cars and tearing apart storefronts. ...
01:32 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Baghdad: Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed five people and wounded eleven others in the country's north, the second day in a row in which blasts have targeted disputed regions there. Police officials said the explosion Monday morning was in al-Mouafaqiyah, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group. The region near the city of Mosul, 360 kilometers northwest of Baghdad, is claimed by Arabs, Turkmen...
12:21 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Ankara: Thousands of demonstrators on Monday staged the largest protest yet against plans by Turkey's Islamic-rooted government to curb abortion, which critics say will amount to a virtual ban. Around 3,000 women, their ages ranging from 20 to 60 years old, gathered at a square in Istanbul's Kadikoy district carrying banners that read "my body, my choice," while shouting anti-government slogans. Many were accompanied by husbands and boyfriends. One man...
11:00 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Al-Majid had ordered the use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds in 1988. ...
09:07 PM, Jan 25, 2010
Hong Kong: A day after the BCCI announced dates for Indian Premier League next season, the ICC on Tuesday virtually left an unofficial window for the cash-rich Twenty20 event, making it possible for players from most nations to participate in it. The ICC on the third day of its annual conference here left gaps in the FTP for most nations during April and May for the eight-year period from 2012-20....
04:02 PM, Feb 07, 2008
Country's cabinet wants nod to fight 'Kurdish separatists' in Northern Iraq. ...
12:18 AM, Oct 17, 2007
"Congratulations! You are in a cage, Saddam," villager whose family was murdered tells former dictator. ...
09:14 PM, Sep 12, 2006
