Apr 29 Watch News Wrap: Five Car Bombs Explode in Iraq, Killing at Least 36 In other news Monday, five car bombs exploded in Shiite areas of Iraq, killing at least 36 people. In the last week, a wave of sectarian violence has claimed more than 200 lives across that nation. Also Afghan President Hamid… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point Bridging Sectarian Divides Among Iraq's Majority Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Iraq’s Sunni Vice President Says Death Sentence is Politically Motivated Iraq's Sunni vice president, Tariq al-Hashemi, was sentenced to death in absentia by an Iraqi court for overseeing death squads which killed government officials and opposition leaders from 2006 to 2011. From exile in Turkey, Hashemi reaffirmed his innocence and… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 15 Iraqi Cities Suffer Bomb Attacks as Al-Qaida Warns of New Offensive Iraq faced its deadliest day of violence in two years when coordinated bombings and shootings erupted in 15 cities across the country. Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch News Wrap: Iraq Attacks Kill at Least 46 In other news Tuesday, insurgents in Iraq killed at least 46 people in a wave of attacks across the country aimed at Shiite pilgrims and police. Also, Syrian rebel forces abandoned the city of Deir Al-Zour in the face of… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch War-Torn Afghanistan Suffers Worst Sectarian Violence in Years After twin suicide bombings killed dozens of Shiite worshipers Tuesday in Afghanistan, a Sunni militant group in Pakistan claimed responsibility. Afghanistan's worst sectarian violence in years happened a day after a major conference in Germany about stabilizing the country. Judy… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch Independent Commission: Bahrain Tortured Activists in Deadly Crackdown Young people and police clashed Wednesday in Bahrain as an independent commission released its findings on the upheavals that shook the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom earlier this year and the deadly crackdown that followed. Margret Warner reports. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Scores of Iraqis Killed in Bombing Blitz At least 13 car bombs and roadside blasts exploded in Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, killing 76 people. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch News Wrap: Bombing Targets Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq In other news Wednesday, cleanup workers struggled to clean oily waste from Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans and militants targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq killed 38 people in attacks across Baghdad. Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Expresses Concerns Over Karzai’s Taliban Remarks In other news Monday, the Obama administration voiced continuing concerns over relations with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, and gunman in Iraq killed a Shiite family of six on the heels of a violent weekend in Baghdad. Continue watching