Iraq

February 13, 2013

Iraq's security situation continues to deteriorate.
07:02 GMT

The death toll from last night's Mosul bombing mounts, including one 7-year-old child.

February 11, 2013

A bomb blast tore apart the offices of an Iraqi TV channel in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday. (Picture used for illustrative purposes only.)
10:46 GMT

A bomb blast tore apart the offices of an Iraqi TV channel in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday.

February 10, 2013

Iraq's finance committee  has been discussing amendments to the country's 2013 budget plans
12:27 GMT

Iraq's Finance Committee discussed amendments to the 2013 budget , according to a statement issued to the country;s House of Representatives.

February 9, 2013

Iraqi women walk past the tomb of two unidentified Arab fighters buried in the Martyrs Cemetery of Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
08:27 GMT

Members of an Iranian opposition group, housed in Iraq for their own safety, have been attacked using mortars and rockets.

February 8, 2013

A destroyed car lies at the scene of an explosion at the bird market in the north Baghdad Shia neighborhood of Kadhimiyah. (AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI)
12:42 GMT

As part of the continuing surge of sectarianism, at least 29 people are killed when bombers attack a largely Shia area of the capital.

February 7, 2013

Baghdad in a 2008 case filed in federal court in New York alleged that ABB was responsible for losses of more than $7 billion worth of goods under the oil-for-food program.
12:37 GMT

A judge ruled the Iraqi government can't pursue violations of the U.N. oil-for-food program in U.S. courts for actions outside the United States.

February 6, 2013

Shatha (L) and Fayez.
08:01 GMT

Putting their vocal abilities to good use, Iraqi and UAE pop stars get together for their first TV drama.

The old Iraqi flag is painted on a tomb of a man killed in 2006 in the Martyrs Cemetery outside the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque in the Sunni stronghold of Adhamiya. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
06:32 GMT

A car bomb outside Taji central prison kills at least seven security officials.

February 5, 2013

Iraqis walk in al-Rasheed street, the oldest street in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
11:01 GMT

An army checkpoint in the town of Taji, north of the Iraqi capital, is attacked.

February 4, 2013

Iraqi rescuers at the scene after a car bombing on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk. (AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM)
09:59 GMT

Following weeks of mounting tensions, more bombs go off just north of the Iraqi capital.

February 1, 2013

"We are witnessing perhaps the most extreme example of the principle of 'the consent of the governed” actually being implemented.'
10:49 GMT

The good news is that change mostly occurs nonviolently and will keep moving some Arab countries on the slow path to stable democratic republics.

January 29, 2013

The British military may have to pay out many more millions of pounds in settlements (picture used for illustrative purposes only).
08:34 GMT

The hearing will include nearly 200 cases where Iraqis says they were abused while under the care of the British military.

Iraq's semi-autonomous region is considering boosting economic ties  with Lebanon’s second-biggest city Tripoli.
08:18 GMT

A business delegation from Iraqi Kurdistan is considering boosting economic ties with Lebanon’s second-biggest city Tripoli.

January 28, 2013

Kuwait and Iraq have signed an oil exploration deal for the 'Block 9' area of Basra
12:17 GMT

Kuwait and Iraq have signed a deal for oil exploration, development and production in Basra's so-called "Block 9" area.

Turkey is set to help the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region establish a new housing institution
08:11 GMT

Turkey will help the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, Kurdistan, to establish a housing institution similar to the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ), local media reported Friday.