Temperatures in Iraq are breaking records, but residents are coming up with new ways to stay cool.
Two years after the bulk of US troops left Iraq, life there is hard. Violence is rising, health care is weak, and corruption is abundant. Yet an Iraqi journalist stays to rebuild a country she loves.
In Iraq, sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia ethnic groups is once again spiking. Journalist Sahar Issa lives in Baghdad. She tells anchor Marco Werman that the hours after prayers on Friday are an especially fearful time in the capital.
Reporter Sahar Issa of the McClatchy News Service in Baghdad tells host Lisa Mullins that the violence is unlikely to cancel the Arab League Summit. The BBC's Rami Ruhayem is in Erbil, northern Iraq; the only area to escape the recent violence.
As American troops are leaving Iraq, some Baghdad residents are breathing a sigh of relief while others are wary about what lies ahead.
Suicide attacks in the central Iraqi city of Baquba have killed more than 30 people and injured dozens more. The attacks come just days before parliamentary elections. Marco Werman talks with Sahar Issa, with McClatchey Newspapers in Baghdad.
Thousands of Iraqi women are on the ballot in this weekend's provincial elections, despite the risks they face to participate in the polls.
Thousands of Iraqi women are on the ballot in this weekend's provincial elections. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Sahar Issa in Baghdad. She says these female candidates are taking big risks to participate in the polls.