A suicide attacker detonated an explosive belt in a park outside Baghdad on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 71, said the security head in Babel province where the bomb - claimed by Islamic State - went off. The blast in Iskandariya, a mixed Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim town 40...

Powerful Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr warned political party leaders Friday they would face street protests if they obstruct a government overhaul planned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to fight corruption. Sadr also called on Abadi to announce a new cabinet lineup by Saturday...

Iraq's armed forces started on Thursday an offensive against Islamic State militants in the region around Mosul, pushing them out from several villages, according to a military statement on state TV.``The first phase of the Fatah (Conquest) Operation has been launched at dawn to...

An Iranian-backed militia said on Monday it said it would treat U.S. Marines deployed in Iraq to fight Islamic State as forces of occupation and "deal" with the foreign troops. Washington said on Sunday a detachment of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit was in Iraq, bolstering...