At least 15 people were injured in an explosion at a crowded market in Baghdad’s Sadr City. An explosion in a crowded Baghdad market on Wednesday injured at least 15 people, Iraqi officials said. The military confirmed the blast went off in Sadr City, a mostly Shiite section of the …

Baghdad’s program to allow families of Islamic State adherents to return from a Syrian camp and to reintegrate them back into Iraqi society stirs controversy. The Iraqi government decided June 6 to accept the return of 100 Islamic State (IS) families. The returnees are transferred to Al-Jada camp in Mosul …

Diplomatic relations are not advancing as rapidly as those with the Emirates and Bahrain, but Israel sees positive trends in ties with Morocco. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was in the United States this week, for a farewell visit ahead of the end of his term July 9. As part of …