The Latest: US military confirms rocket near embassy in Iraq
(World News USA)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The latest on developments in the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere in the Mideast amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 2:30 a.m. The U.S. military command that oversees the Mideast has confirmed an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad and says there are no U.S. or coalition casualties. A spokesman for U.S. Central Command, Bill Urban, says in a statement that Iraqi Security Forces are investigating Sunday`s incident. A State Department spokesman says that `a low-grade rocket` landed within the International Zone near the U.S. Embassy and that there was no significant damage or impact on any U.S.-inhabited...