Iraq
AFP: A car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad on Monday, killing eight people, Iraqi police and a local official said.
Iran pilgrims 'killed in Iraq blasts'
US removes Iraqi bank from Iran sanctions list
AFP: The United States on Friday removed sanctions on an Iraqi bank that was blacklisted last year for helping Iran skirt international financial controls over its nuclear activities.
UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania
AP: The first group of exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a former U.S. military base near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations mission to Iraq said Thursday.
Iraq: Sectarian faultlines widen amid chaos
UPI: Iraq is approaching a security meltdown as a land-and-oil dispute between the Shiite-dominated government and independence-minded Kurds escalates along with sectarian violence between Shiites and minority Sunnis.
UN calls for restraint in Iraq as over 200 killed
AFP: The United Nations warned on Friday that Iraq is at a "crossroads" and appealed for restraint, as four days of violence, including several attacks on mosques, killed more than 200 people.