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  Gunmen kill 3 Sunni clerics in Iraqi city of Basra

  World | Jan 02, 2015, 03:06 PM IST

  Baghdad: Gunmen killed three Sunni clerics near the mostly Shiite city of Basra in southern Iraq, a government spokesman said Friday, an apparent sectarian attack that drew immediate calls for calm.Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan

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  Car bombs kill 34 in southern Iraq

  World | May 20, 2013, 03:59 PM IST

  Baghdad, May 20: A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said.In the Iraqi capital,