BAGHDAD  – A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded 15 others in Diyala province in northeast Iraq Thursday, police said, the bloodiest attack in the country in weeks. The attack comes a few days after Iraq held largely peaceful provincial elections. Results are due later Thursday.

CAIRO  – The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is expected to give Egypt its response to proposals to reach a truce with Israel Saturday, Egypt’s state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported Thursday. Talks between Egyptian intelligence officials and a Hamas delegation ended Wednesday without a deal. Hamas said Israeli proposals …

BASRA, Iraq – Iraq’s Shi’ite Muslim voters chose nationalism and security over religion in local polls, backing allies of the prime minister in a vote that could give them the upper hand in parliamentary elections later this year. Results from Saturday’s election are due later on Thursday, and early signs …