Attacks north of Baghdad on Saturday killed four people, including three soldiers who died in a bombing, security and medical officials said. More »Four killed in Iraq attacks
Iraqi MPs are toying with a Saddam-era policy they hope will combat both high unemployment … More »MPs see conscription as possible cure …
Four Russian bikers who were arrested in Iraq last weekend and complained of beatings … More »Russian bikers freed from Iraq priso …
Four Russian bikers who were arrested in Iraq last weekend and complained of beatings by security forces have been freed and are in Russian custody, a top official said Friday. More »Russian bikers freed from Iraq prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative … More »Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help - U.S. admiral
A mortar attack in Baghdad killed one person and wounded six others Thursday, in the second attack in Iraq's capital during key talks on Iran's nuclear programme, security and medical officials said. More »Baghdad mortar attack kills one, wounds six
Four Russians decided to take a motorcycle trip in Iraq, but their adventure took a turn for the worse when they were arrested by security forces and were allegedly accused of spying and beaten. More »Four Russian bikers arrested in Iraq
BABYLON, Iraq (Reuters) - In the ancient city of Babylon, once home to the fabled Hanging Gardens, an extended oil pipeline has churned through the dirt and dug up a conundrum: which takes precedence, preserving Iraq's heritage or developing its oil wealth? … More »In Iraq, a clash of treasures past, present and future
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda were named among a full-strength Japan squad by coach Alberto Zaccheroni on Thursday for the final round of Asian 2014 World Cup qualifiers. More »Japan at full strength for 2014 qualifiers
Hanwha Group said it would soon sign a $7.75 billion contract to build 100,000 homes in a Baghdad suburb, in what it called the largest-ever overseas construction deal for a South Korean company. More »S.Korea firm to sign $7.75 bln deal on Iraqi homes
Qatar Airways on Wednesday began services to Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, and is to start flights to Baghdad next month, the airline and an Iraqi official said. More »Qatar Airways starts flights to Iraqi Kurdistan
Attacks in Iraq killed eight people and wounded 33 on Wednesday, security officials said, as Baghdad hosted key nuclear talks in its latest effort to emerge from decades of isolation. More »Iraq attacks kill eight
Iraq needs to reform to lessen its economic dependence on the government, and must pay more attention to its tiny non-oil sector, the head of the country's central bank has urged in an interview with AFP. More »Iraq must cut state dependence, bank head tells AFP
Iraq is seeking to acquire surveillance drones to help protect its oil pipelines and platforms, which are key to the country's economy, Iraqi and US officials said. More »Iraq seeks drones to protect oil facilities
Bombings in the centre of the ethnically-mixed city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed six people including four children on Tuesday, an army officer and a doctor said. More »Iraq bombings kill six, including four children
Nuclear talks between the major powers and Iran that are to be held in Baghdad on Wednesday have major implications for global security but also mark the latest step in Iraq's emergence from isolation. More »Iran nuclear talks step in Iraq's re-emergence
Shootings and bombings killed five people including a tribal chief and wounded 16 others in Iraq on Monday, security officials said. More »Iraq attacks kill five
Extracts from a record of a phone call between Tony Blair and George W Bush on the eve of the Iraq War must be released, a tribunal has ruled. More »Blair-Bush call 'must be released'
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the OPEC nation ramps up production after the withdrawal of the last American troops, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Monday. Protecting … More »Iraq turns to U.S. drones to protect oil platforms
Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's defence team walked out of his trial Sunday after a judge refused to accept their evidence, as witnesses testified he gave them money to kill Iraqi soldiers and policemen. More »Lawyers for fugitive Iraq VP withdraw from case
LONDON (Reuters) - Shell is pressing ahead with talks over final development of Iraq's Majnoon oilfield, a senior executive told Reuters, and a lower, more realistic oil production target is a core part of discussions. Majnoon is one of four southern … More »Shell's Majnoon deal highlights Iraq oil target verdict
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey cut crude oil imports from Iran steeply in April from unusually high levels in March but its purchases remained close to last year's average, meaning Ankara has yet to slash buying to the extent sought by Washington, data from … More »Turkey reduces buys of Iran oil in April versus March
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq plans to build on its nascent gas sector to power a new petrochemicals industry, looking to foreign firms to invest $35-50 billion from 2017-2023, a senior official told Reuters. Mohammed Abdullah, a deputy minister with responsibility … More »After gas, Iraq has big petrochemical plans
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a police checkpoint in Baghdad killed at least three people while car bombs hit army and police patrols in two other cities, killing three others, police and hospital sources said on Sunday. The attacks were … More »Suicide bomber, car bombs hit Iraq security forces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The trial of Iraq's fugitive vice president Tareq al-Hashemi, accused of running death squads, was postponed for a second time on Thursday with the politician still in Turkey after his case sparked a crisis in Iraq's cross-sectarian … More »Fugitive Iraqi VP Hashemi's trial postponed again
BAGHDAD/PARIS (Reuters) - Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's political … More »Interpol calls for Iraq vice-president Hashemi's arrest
BAGHDAD/PARIS (Reuters) - Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's simmering … More »Interpol calls for Iraq vice-president Hashemi's arrest
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is in talks with Iraq to cut the production target for the Majnoon oilfield, oil ministry documents show, in a move that may prompt discussions with other companies and lead to a downsizing of the country's unrealistic … More »Exclusive - Shell in talks to cut Iraq's Majnoon output target
PARIS (Reuters) - Global police body Interpol called on Tuesday for help in arresting fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on suspicion of planning and funding attacks in Iraq. Hashemi, a leading Sunni Muslim politician, fled Baghdad in December … More »Interpol seeks arrest of Iraq vice-president
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suspected Hezbollah militant accused of masterminding the killing of Americans in Iraq has been cleared of all charges and will be freed, his lawyer said on Monday, in an announcement that is likely to anger Washington. Ali Mussa … More »Iraq court to free U.S. killings suspect - lawyer
AMMAN (Reuters) - Fighting between rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces erupted in an oil producing province in eastern Syria, residents and activists said on Sunday, the eve of a parliamentary election the authorities say shows reforms are under … More »Heavy fighting rocks eastern Syria ahead of poll
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. shale energy boom is fuelling a rise in the burning of waste gas after years of decline, a World Bank source told Reuters ahead of the release of new data, giving environmentalists more ammunition against the industry. Global … More »Corrected - Exclusive - U.S. shale causes rise in waste gas pollution
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - With its sweeping highway, solar-powered street lights and plethora of hotels, the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf is a beacon for investment in Iraq, outshining other areas where projects have been slow to take off. Virtually every … More »Can-do Najaf offers hope for Iraq investment boom
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and some of his bodyguards have been charged with murdering six judges and a series of other killings, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday. Hashemi, one of Iraq's top Sunni Muslim politicians, … More »Iraq fugitive VP charged with murdering six judges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simmering dispute between Iraq's central government and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan is an internal affair, a top Baghdad official said on Thursday, in an implicit rebuff of U.S. efforts to broker a compromise between … More »Iraq's Shahristani: dispute with Kurds an internal affair
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and 18 others wounded when two explosions struck a popular coffee shop in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala, security sources said on Thursday. Diyala province, a fertile agricultural area, has long been one … More »Bombs kill 10, wound 18 in Iraq's Diyala - sources
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kurdish rebels killed four members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in an attack in the west of the country, the Iranian news agency Mehr said on Wednesday. Iranian security forces have been on the offensive against the rebels in … More »Kurdish rebels kill 4 Guards in western Iran - report
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq, locked in a public row with neighbouring Turkey, has summoned Ankara's ambassador in Baghdad to protest at critical remarks by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The envoy, Younis Demerer, … More »Iraq summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan broadside
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday rejected charges he sought to inflame sectarian divisions in Iraq with recent criticism of its government and accused his Iraqi counterpart of trying to gain "prestige" in an escalating … More »Turkish PM lashes out at Iraqi counterpart, denies meddling
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's state news agency said that an "armed terrorist" group blew up an oil pipeline in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zor, near the border with Iraq, on Saturday. "An armed terrorist group detonated an improvised explosive device … More »"Armed terrorist" group blows up pipeline in Syria - state news agency
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 15, police and hospital sources said, two days after several blasts killed 36 people across Iraq. The two blasts went off at the … More »Roadside blasts in Baghdad kill three - Sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday branded Turkey a "hostile state" with a sectarian agenda, the latest in a series of bitter exchanges between the neighbours. Maliki was responding to comments made by Turkish Prime Minister … More »Iraq calls Turkey "hostile state" as relations dim
LONDON (Reuters) - Baghdad unveiled on Friday a list of signing bonuses and the final contract for a forthcoming energy auction, the latest stage in a bold oil expansion plan that moves on from developing existing oilfields to searching for new reserves. … More »Iraq unveils oil, gas exploration auction details