Iraq

January 10, 2013

Fresh bombings in Iraq have killed seven people.
12:54 GMT

Seven people were killed in two bomb attacks in Iraq on Thursday.

January 9, 2013

Iraq oil production dipped in December
11:38 GMT

Iraqi oil exports fell from a post-1990 record in November to around 2.3 million barrels per day for December, government records indicate.

Iraqi Sunni protestors pray on the main highway to Syria and Jordan near Ramadi. (AFP PHOTO / AZHER SHALLAL)
11:36 GMT

Baghdad decides to shut down the Traibil border post after anti-government protestors block the route through.

Shatha Hassoun.
07:41 GMT

The first lady of Iraqi pop gets a chance to show off her vocal skills in an entirely new way.

Kadim al Sahir picks up his award for Best Arabic Artist 2012.
07:31 GMT

The Iraqi 'Voice' coach takes yet another talented young beauty under his wing after she fails to make the grade on his TV show.

Abu Ghraib prison
05:30 GMT

A US defense contractor, whose subsidiary was accused of conspiring to torture detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib detention center, has paid out $5m to ex-detainees.

January 8, 2013

Iraqi protestors gather in support of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the city of Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
13:31 GMT

After two weeks of anti-government protests in the predominantly Sunni western states of Iraq, the country's Shias take to the streets to show their support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Mariam Hussein being kept in the lifestyle to which she's accustomed.
08:37 GMT

The legendary Saudi crooner is left high and dry after the young Emirati starlet turns down his marriage proposal in favor of a billionaire.

January 6, 2013

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
13:33 GMT

Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave a speech on Sunday in which he warned that if anti-government protests continue Iraq could plunge into further chaos and division.

January 2, 2013

Changing her tune: Myriam Fares revelas the new title to her upcoming single
13:35 GMT

Lebanese sing reveals her change of heart over her new single

Iraq protests spark call for 'Iraqi Spring'.
06:00 GMT

Powerful Iraqi anti-U.S. occupation Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threw his weight Tuesday behind Sunni demonstrations against Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and predicated an impending 'Iraqi spring.'

December 31, 2012

Clutching at straws: an Iraqi man holds on to his child on the main highway into the capital (used for illustrative purposes only)
11:15 GMT

At least ten people are killed and a further 46 wounded after a series of car bombs and road side bombs are set of on Monday.

Iraq is to refuse payment to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in a long running dispute over oil rights
08:56 GMT

Iraq will not pay oil companies operating in Kurdistan because the autonomous region has failed to export the volume of crude it pledged, a spokesman for Hussain Al Shahristani, Iraq’s deputy prime minister for energy, said.

Iraqis throw stones after protestors attacked Iraq's deputy prime minister Saleh al-Mutlak on Sunday. (AFP)
07:19 GMT

When the Sunni deputy prime minister travels to the protest hotspot to try to calm tensions, his convoy is attacked with rocks and his bodyguards retaliate with warning shots, wounding two.

December 30, 2012

Iraqi protestors call for the release of prisoners they allege were arrested on sectarian grounds by Iraq's Shiite-led authorities during a demonstration in Ramadi, Anbar's provincial capital, on Friday. (AFP)
08:54 GMT

Massive protests have spread across Iraq with some saying a new state for Sunnis is the end game.