Iraq’s new Parliament convened for just under 20 minutes on Monday in what was little more than a symbolic inaugural session because of unresolved differences over key government positions, a precario

Cars packed with explosives and roadside bombs killed 15 people in Baghdad on Sunday in what officials said appeared to be an attack targeting Iraq’s central bank by militants who wanted to rob it.

Seven people died in a series of attacks in Iraq on Monday, including three killed when a car bomb exploded in a Baghdad shopping area.

Gunmen killed a third candidate on Saturday from the Sunni-backed coalition that won the most seats in Iraq’s March parliamentary election, a slaying that the alliance said was part of a politically motivated campaign of assassinations.

Iraq’s Supreme Court on Tuesday took the first major step toward resolving the nation’s election crisis, ratifying the results and declaring a secular alliance the biggest winner in the March 7 parlia

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday failed to grasp first place in Iraq’s parliamentary election from his arch-rival Iyad Allawi after a recount confirmed there was no fraud in the March 7 ballot

A full recount of votes for Baghdad province from Iraq’s parliamentary elections showed no fraud or major irregularities and are unlikely to change the vote’s final results, the country’s Election Commission said on Friday.

Al Qaeda in Iraq’s new leader warned Shia on Friday that “dark days soaked with blood” lie ahead and that a new campaign of attacks was under way.