A total of 38 people, including two senior police officers, were killed and some 141 others wounded in separate bomb attacks across Iraq on Sunday, security sources said.
Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi still has many challenges to grapple with, analysts said, despite parliament's recent approval of his cabinet and government reform program, which has raised hopes that the war-torn country can avoid a possible split-up amid violent and continuous sectarian clashes.
A senior UN envoy called on Iraqi government to probe into the attack at Camp Speicher military base in June and massacres of hundreds of Iraqis soldiers by extremists, a UN spokesman said Wednesday.
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday once again stressed the formation of a new government in Iraq as an "integral" part of efforts to combat the Islamic State rampaging in the northern part of the country.
U.S. destroys armed vehicles of militants in northern Iraq
Iran is sending drones and military equipment secretly into Iraq to help the Shiite-led government in Baghdad cope with an ongoing offensive by the Sunni militants, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The United States is prepared to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to train, advise and support Iraqi forces in their fight against insurgency, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it rejected any foreign intervention in Iraq's domestic affairs as the country is trying to turn around a worsening security situation, according to an official statement.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday voiced "deep concern" about the worsening situation in Iraq, saying President Barack Obama will make "key decisions in short order."
The United States has raised concerns about the reported arms deal between Iraq and Iran "at the highest levels" with the Iraqi government, the White House said Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held meetings on Thursday with Iraqi leaders over the Syrian crisis, bilateral ties and counter-terrorism efforts, especially on joint defense contracts.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held telephone talks Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, underscoring American support for Iraq in its fight against an al-Qaida-linked group.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the phone, underscoring American support for and assistance to Iraq in its fight against an al-Qaida-linked group.
France on Monday expressed concerns over the situation in Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi after a fresh wave of violent clashes overshadowed several Anbar's cities.
Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al-Qaida affiliated groups if the Arab country asks for Tehran's help, the deputy chairman of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff was quoted as saying by Tehran Times daily on Monday.
A total of 55 al-Qaida-linked militants were killed on Saturday in their clashes with security forces and local Sunni tribesmen in western Iraq, state-run al- Iraqiya television reported.
The United States on Sunday voiced support for Iraq's ongoing efforts to combat an al-Qaida affiliate as the group has taken control of a big city in the western province of Anbar.
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