28/09/2012 | Argentina

Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak

Dozens of prisoners, including convicted al Qaeda members, escaped an Iraqi jail after militants dressed in police uniform attacked the prison and released them, security sources said.

20/12/2012 | World

Iraq president arrives in Germany for treatment

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed today, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week.

08/01/2013 | World

US does not rule out complete pullout from Afghanistan after 2014

The Obama administration does not rule out a complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 2014, the White House said today, just days before President Barack Obama is due to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

22/01/2013 | World

Two blasts, suicide attack kill 17 in Baghdad

Three blasts, including a suicide bomber attack near an army base, killed least 17 people across Baghdad today, the latest violence as Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki faces increasing pressure from a political crisis.

23/01/2013 | World

Fourth attack in a week in Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 22 at Shi'ite mosque

A suicide bomber disguised as a mourner killed at least 22 people inside an Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim mosque today when he set off his explosives in the middle of a crowded funeral.

04/02/2013 | World

Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack on Iraq militia

A suicide bomber attacked a government-backed militia north of Baghdad today, killing at least 19 people in an apparent attempt by Sunni insurgents to stoke unrest against Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki.

08/02/2013 | World

Car bombs in Shi'ite areas of Iraq kill 31

Four car bombs killed at least 31 people at street markets in Iraq today, police and medics said, as sectarian violence grows ahead of provincial elections in April.

27/12/2010 | World

Suicide bombings kill up to 17 in Iraq's Ramadi

Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq's western city of Ramadi, killing 17 people, a deputy interior minister said.

03/01/2011 | World

Attack on intel service in northeast Iraq wounds 28

A suicide car bomber attacked an office of the Iraqi intelligence services in a city northeast of Baghdad, wounding 28 people, officials said.

04/02/2011 | World

Small plane crashes in Iraq, 7 killed

A small plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in northern Iraq, killing all seven people on board, officials said. The plane went down on the runway moments after takeoff from the city of Sulaimaniya in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region.

16/02/2011 | World

Iraqi defector fabricated WMD intelligence, paper reports

The defector, Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, said in an interview with the Guardian that he had fabricated claims of mobile biological weapons and clandestine factories made to German intelligence officials throughout 2000.

05/05/2011 | World

Suicide car bomber kills at least 17 in Iraq

A car bomber killed at least 17 people and wounded 65 at a police building in the mainly Shi'ite city of Hilla, an official said, as Iraq braced for revenge attacks after US commandos killed Osama bin Laden.

29/06/2011 | World

War costs US over $3.7 trillion, says study

When Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. The figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, study says.

05/07/2011 | World

Iraq bombers strike gov´t building, at least 27 dead

A car bomb and another explosive device blew up in a crowded parking lot outside a government building north of Baghdad today, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens more, officials said.

15/08/2011 | World

Bombs, attacks hit Iraqi cities, at least 60 dead

Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq today, killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilizing the government.

15/10/2011 | World

No decision on future US troop presence in Iraq

The Obama administration denied a news report today it had made a final decision to pull almost all US troops out of Iraq by a year-end withdrawal deadline.

21/10/2011 | World

Obama: US will pull troops out of Iraq by year-end

President Barack Obama vowed  to pull all US troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing US hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighboring Iran's influence.

12/12/2011 | World

Obama says US will be loyal partner for Iraq

President Barack Obama pledged that Washington would remain a strong partner for Iraq as US troops exit by year-end, and played down the risk this departure creates a power vacuum Iran can exploit.

14/12/2011 | World

Obama: US troops leaving Iraq with heads held high

President Barack Obama welcomed home some of the last US troops from Iraq, marking a symbolic end to the nearly nine-year war that strained America's armed forces and damaged its standing worldwide.

15/12/2011 | World

US military marks end to nearly nine years in Iraq

16/12/2011 | World

US hands over last detainee to Iraq

18/12/2011 | World

War is over: Last US convoy leaves Iraq

22/12/2011 | World

Blasts kill 63 as Iraq tensions rise

A rash of bombings hit Baghdad today, killing at least 63people in the first big attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis between its Shi'ite Muslim-led government and Sunni rivals erupted days after the US troop withdrawal.

25/12/2011 | World

US urges dialogue over Iraqi crisis

Vice President Joe Biden spoke by telephone today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about violence in Baghdad and a political crisis that has erupted in the week since the last American troops left Iraq.

26/12/2011 | World

Suicide bomber kills seven outside Iraq ministry

At least seven people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's interior ministry today in the latest attack since a crisis erupted between the Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago.

29/12/2011 | World

Turkish air strike kills 35 in north Iraq

Turkish warplanes launched air strikes against suspected Kurdish militants in northern Iraq near the Turkish border overnight, the military said today, but local officials said the attack killed 35 smugglers who were mistaken for guerrillas.

31/12/2011 | World

Iraq celebrates US withdrawal

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new dawn today as Iraq celebrated the departure of American troops at a ceremony held amid tight security and without Maliki's key political rivals.

05/01/2012 | World

Bombs kill at least 67 in Iraq

Bomb attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 67 people on today, police and hospital sources said, ramping up fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

24/01/2012 | World

Iraq: car bombs kill 13, wound 75 in Baghdad

Four car bombs exploded in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad today, killing at least 13 people and wounding 75, underlining a political crisis that threatens to revive sectarian strife in Iraq.

27/01/2012 | World

Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a funeral procession in Baghdad, killing 31 people in the latest attack in a Shi'ite neighborhood amid rising violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December.

05/03/2012 | World

Gunmen kill 27 in raids on west Iraq checkpoints

Gunmen disguised as police raided checkpoints and homes in western Iraq today, killing at least 27 members of the security forces, police said, in an attack the authorities said bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda.

20/03/2012 | World

Explosions across Iraq kill at least 49

At least 26 explosions struck cities and towns across Iraqtoday, killing at least 49 people and wounding more than 200, despite a massive security clampdown ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad.

24/05/2012 | World

Iran, powers agree nuke talks Moscow June 18-19

Iran and world powers will meet in Moscow on June 18-19 to hold further talks to try solve a long-standing dispute about an Iranian nuclear energy program, European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said today.

04/06/2012 | World

Bomb hits Shi'ite site in Baghdad, 26 killed

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed car outside a Shi'ite Muslim office in central Baghdad today, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 190 in an attack bearing the hallmarks of Iraq's al Qaeda affiliate.

13/06/2012 | World

Iraq bombs kill 70 Shi'ite pilgrims

Bombers struck at Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a religious festival in Baghdad and across Iraq today, killing more than 70 people in one of the bloodiest days since the last US troops left the country in December.

03/07/2012 | World

Market bombs kill 44 before Iraqi Shi'ite ritual

A bomb in a small truck exploded in a market in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya today, killing 40 people, and a bomb blast killed four more near the city of Kerbala, police and officials said - the latest in a series of sectarian attacks.

10/07/2012 | World

Bomb kills 3, wounds 14 in Baghdad

A bomb in a bus killed three people and wounded 14 in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district in northeastern Baghdad, hospital and police sources said today.

23/07/2012 | World

More than 100 killed in attacks across Iraq

More than 100 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq after 20 died in blasts the previous day in a coordinated surge of violence against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets.

24/07/2012 | World

Late night attacks take Iraq death toll to 116

Two bombs killed nine people in Iraq late, police and hospital sources said, taking to 116 the death toll in a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets.

25/07/2012 | World

Al Qaeda announces 'start of a new stage of jihad' in Iraq

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq has claimed responsibility for scores of attacks across the country against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets this week which killed and wounded hundreds of people.

16/08/2012 | World

Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70

A series of bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people across Iraq in a bloody day of attacks underscoring the country's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than half a year after the US military withdrew.

06/09/2012 | World

US urges Iraq to inspect Iran supply flights to Syria

US officials are questioning Iraq about Iranian flights in Iraqi airspace suspected of ferrying weapons to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose conflict with rebels threatens to drag his neighbors into a regional struggle.

09/09/2012 | World

Iraq blasts kill 100 as fugitive VP gets death sentence

Car bombs tore through mainly Shi'ite Baghdad districts after Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death, as more than 100 people were killed across the country in one of the bloodiest days this year.

09/09/2012 | World

Fugitive Iraqi vice president sentenced to death

Fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after he was convicted of murder in a ruling likely to further exacerbate sectarian tension.

20/12/2012 | Sports

Maradona wants to take Iraq to World Cup finals

Diego Maradona is on the brink of becoming coach of Iraq and wants to take the country to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, Argentine agent Hernan Tofoni said today.

11/10/2012 | Sports

Kaka scores on return for six-goal Brazil

Kaka scored on his Brazil comeback after a two-year absence and Oscar notched a brace as the 2014 World Cup hosts demolished Iraq 6-0 in a one-sided friendly in Sweden.

22/12/2011 | Entertainment

Soldier echoes Arabian Nights with Iraq novel

In Benjamin Buchholz's second day in Iraq as a US army officer, a young Iraqi girl was struck and killed by a military convoy while trying to catch a bottle of water thrown to children by the roadside as a gift.