Mar 8

US accelerates troop withdrawal from Iraq (AFP/File)

AFP/File – Iraq and the United States announced on Sunday that 12,000 US troops will go home by the end of September, as a suicide bomber killed 28 people outside a Baghdad police academy. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 8

Real IRA claims shooting of British soldiers (Reuters)

Reuters – The dissident republican group Real IRA claimed responsibility on Sunday for killing two British soldiers in Northern Ireland, one of the worst attacks since a 1998 peace deal stemmed years of violence. Read the rest of this entry »