The chief bodyguard of Iraq's president was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at his home in the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, an official website reported Wednesday.
Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri al- Maliki warned here on Thursday that terrorism fueled by the civil war in neighboring Syria may come back in his country, as he seeks U.S. arms to combat the rising insurgency.
The White House said Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Nov. 1 in Washington.
The United Nations' refugee agency on Tuesday called on Syria's neighbors to accept all the Syrians who were forced to flee the bloody conflict in their homeland.
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived here on an official visit on Wednesday for the first time in decades to meet with Iraqi leaders, the Iraqi foreign minister said.
At least 27 people were killed and 51 others wounded on Thursday evening when a bomb struck a cafe in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, police said.
At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a series of car bombings and shootings in central Baghdad on Thursday, an interior ministry source told Xinhua.
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