Yesterday’s bombing trend continued. Baghdad and nearby regions were the targets of several bombings. In the capital, several bombs were detonated within minutes of each other. Overal, at least 76 people were killed and 227 more were wounded.

How do U.S. intelligence agencies eavesdrop on the whole world? The ideal place to tap trans-border telecommunications is undersea cables that carry an estimated 90 percent of international voice traffic. These cables date back in history to 1858 when they were first...

The violence spread east and south from Baghdad in Diyala and Babil provinces. A least 29 people were killed and 76 more were wounded.

Arms control advocates are decrying a new U.S. Department of Defense announcement that it will be building and selling 1,300 cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia, worth some 641 million dollars. The munitions at the heart of the sale are technically legal under recently...

Insurgents turned their attention back on Baghdad where several bombings took place. The worst attack targeted children and woman at a neighborhood park. Overall, at least 45 people were killed and 75 were wounded across the country. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber...

As the administration of President Barack Obama continues wrestling with how to react to the military coup in Egypt and its bloody aftermath, officials and independent analysts are increasingly worried about the crisis’s effect on U.S. ties with Saudi Arabia. The...

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Overall, at least 54 people were killed and 77 were wounded across Iraq. With the possible exception of two suicide attacks in Ramadi, today’s violence appears to be uncoordinated. Also, the Iraqi government continued a very controversial program targeting militants in predominantly Sunni regions of Iraq.

Bradley Manning, the army private whose leaks of classified information and subsequent prosecution have been the subject of fierce international debate for over three years, was sentenced to 35 years in military prison Wednesday, but his legal team and supporters say...