Baghdad car bomb kills 12
09.29 Sun Aug 03 2008
A car bomb has killed 12 people and wounded 22 others in a Sunni Arab area of Baghdad, Iraqi police said.
Iraq blasts kill at least 50
11.49 Mon Jul 28 2008
Suicide bombings in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk have killed at least 50 people and wounded scores of others.
Reports a British hostage has committed suicide
14.51 Sun Jul 20 2008
Militants in Iraq are claiming that a British hostage held for almost a year has committed suicide.
Brown in Tel Aviv and Iraq
23.35 Sat Jul 19 2008
Gordon Brown is in Tel Aviv for two days of talks with political leaders in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
World news on June 25, 2008
17.10 Wed Jun 25 2008
Factory worker kills four in Kentucky - Car bomb explodes in Iraq - Death toll rises in the Philippines
US soldier killed in Iraq firefight
16.47 Mon Jun 23 2008
One US soldier has been killed and five others wounded by small arms fire southeast of Baghdad.
Baghdad suicide blast kills 15
22.55 Sun Jun 22 2008
At least 15 people have been killed and 35 wounded after a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside a court building near Baghdad.
Bishop appeals for hostage release
07.57 Sun Jun 22 2008
An Anglican bishop has made a fresh appeal for the release of five British men kidnapped in Baghdad more than a year ago.
Rice makes surprise trip to Baghdad
18.01 Sun Apr 20 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has praised the Iraqi government during a surprise trip to Baghdad.
World news
16.08 Tue Apr 15 2008
Amnesty slams China - More violence in Sadr City - Zimbabwe opposition calls strike - France to outlaw 'extreme thinness' promoting
World News
15.59 Sat Apr 12 2008
Investigation underway after mass grave found in Iraq - Mbeki meets Mugabe - Italians go to polls.
World News (Evening) for April 6th, 2008
16.17 Sun Apr 06 2008
Prayers for peace in Zimbabwe - Dalai Lama backs Olympics - Death in Baghdad
World News (Evening) for March 31st, 2008
17.46 Mon Mar 31 2008
Zimbabwe election latest - Baghdad curfew lifted - Bush booed at baseball match
SAS man victim of Iraq revolt
10.42 Thu Mar 27 2008
Iraqi insurgents have killed an SAS soldier as battles continue to rage in Baghdad and Basra.
Iraqi forces battle gunmen in Basra
22.54 Tue Mar 25 2008
Iraqi security forces are battling with powerful Shia militias in a major operation to bring Basra under government control.
Day of violence engulfs Iraq
16.34 Sun Mar 23 2008
A wave of attacks by insurgents across Iraq has left dozens dead.
Suicide bomb kills forty in Iraq
20.23 Sun Feb 24 2008
Forty people have been killed and sixty wounded after a suicide bomb attack in Iraq.
World News (Lunchtime) for February 11th, 2008
16.24 Mon Feb 11 2008
East Timor president in 'assassination attempt' - Double car bomb hits Baghdad - Pakistan: 'Top Taliban leader captured'
Baghdad pet market blasts kill 72
00.16 Sat Feb 02 2008
At least 72 people have been killed in two separate attacks by female suicide bombers at pet markets in Baghdad.
World News (Evening) for February 1st, 2008
15.55 Fri Feb 01 2008
Female suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Baghdad - Pakistan tests new missile - Obama and Clinton unite for Republican fight
Children killed in Iraq suicide blast
14.17 Mon Dec 31 2007
A suicide car bomber has killed five children and six neighbourhood patrol volunteers on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Iraq blast kills ten and injures dozens
11.30 Fri Dec 28 2007
A bomb in a parked car in central Baghdad has killed ten people and wounded 66, police have said.
British troops killed in helicopter crash
10.28 Wed Nov 21 2007
Two British military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said.
US soldiers killed by Iraq blast
12.35 Sun Aug 12 2007
An explosion has killed four US soldiers during their combat operations in the south of Baghdad, the US military said.
US kills 30 Iraqi 'militants'
16.30 Wed Aug 08 2007
The US military has claimed to have killed 30 militants in an air strike in Baghdad.
Baghdad not 'Spice City'
08.43 Tue Aug 07 2007
Girl power is not heading to Iraq - and Posh, Scary, Ginger, Sporty and Baby may sleep easier at night as a result.
Soldier jailed for 110 years
10.47 Mon Aug 06 2007
A US soldier has been jailed for 110 years for the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family.
Blasts kill 50 as Baghdad celebrates
19.35 Wed Jul 25 2007
Two suicide car bombs have killed 50 people in Iraq, marring celebrations as football fans cheered their country's win in the Asian Cup.
Baghdad car bombings kill 17
10.08 Wed Jul 25 2007
A wave of car bombings in central Baghdad has left at least 17 people dead and dozens more wounded.
Gunmen kill 29 in Iraq
12.40 Tue Jul 17 2007
Men wearing Iraqi military uniforms have killed 29 people in a village north of Baghdad, an Iraqi security official has said.
Warning against early Iraq pullout
23.31 Tue Jul 10 2007
Pulling US troops out of Iraq early could lead to sharp increase in violence and thousands of deaths, the US envoy to Baghdad has said.
Five US soldiers killed in Iraq
11.10 Mon Jul 02 2007
Four US soldiers and a marine have been killed in separate attacks in Iraq.
US troops 'kill 26' in Baghdad
08.19 Sat Jun 30 2007
US troops say that have killed 26 militants during fierce fighting in the Sadr City district of Baghdad.
Suicide bombers kill 36 in Iraq
19.39 Mon Jun 25 2007
Suicide bombers have killed 36 people in three separate attacks in Iraq.
Seven die in Tikrit blast
09.14 Sun Jun 10 2007
A suicide truck bomb has killed seven and wounded 35 at a police station east of Tikrit - the second such attack in Iraq two days.
Iraq: 12 killed in suicide bomb
18.29 Sat Jun 09 2007
A dozen Iraqi soldiers have been killed and 30 others wounded in an attack by a suicide truck bomber south of Baghdad.
Sixteen US troops killed in Iraq
21.52 Sun Jun 03 2007
Sixteen American troops have died in Iraq in the first three days of June.
Militia link to Britons' kidnapping
21.34 Wed May 30 2007
Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia may be behind the abduction of five Britons from a government building in Baghdad.
Five Britons kidnapped in Iraq
21.45 Tue May 29 2007
Five UK citizens have been kidnapped from the finance ministry by a group of up to 40 men, some dressed in police uniforms.
Twenty four killed in Iraq car bomb
13.41 Mon May 28 2007
At least 24 people have been killed and 68 wounded after a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad.
Iraq: Mehdi army leader killed
19.01 Sun May 27 2007
British forces have killed the leader of the Mehdi Army militia in Basra as he attempted to resist arrest in the southern Iraqi city.
Funeral blast kills 19 Iraqi mourners
22.23 Thu May 24 2007
At least 19 people have been killed and 25 injured during a car bombing which targeted a tent full of Iraqi mourners west of Baghdad.
Market blast kills 25 in Baghdad
10.51 Tue May 22 2007
A car bomb blast at a popular outdoor market in southwestern Baghdad has killed 25 people and wounded 60.
Truck blast kills 45 in Iraq
13.27 Wed May 16 2007
At least 45 people have been killed by a truck explosion in a mostly Shia town, north of Baghdad.
Five US soldiers die in Iraq
14.23 Sat May 12 2007
Five soldiers have been killed and three are missing after fierce fighting in Iraq.
Cheney makes surprise Iraq visit
09.01 Wed May 09 2007
US vice-president Dick Cheney has arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit.
Eight US soldiers killed in Iraq
23.00 Sun May 06 2007
Eight US soldiers were killed in Iraq, including six who died along with a journalist in a roadside bomb attack north of Baghdad.
Iraqi bomber kills nine
11.32 Wed Apr 25 2007
A suicide bomber has killed nine people and injured 16 others inside a police station northeast of Baghdad.
Iraqi bomber kills nine US troops
07.51 Tue Apr 24 2007
Nine US soldiers have been killed and 20 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a military outpost north of Baghdad.
Baghdad wall construction stopped
12.08 Mon Apr 23 2007
The building of a concrete wall to divide Baghdad has been stopped after fierce criticism from residents.
Killing continues in Iraq
09.22 Sun Apr 22 2007
Two suicide car bombers have killed ten people and wounded 75 in Baghdad.
Troops die in helicopter collision
19.02 Sun Apr 15 2007
Two British service personnel have died and one is seriously injured after two military helicopters crashed in Iraq.
Suicide bombs kill 50
23.19 Sat Apr 14 2007
Suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad and near a major Shi'ite shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala have killed at least 50.
Clampdown after Baghdad Green Zone blast
10.08 Fri Apr 13 2007
A major security clampdown is expected in Baghdad after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the heart of the fortified Green Zone.
Eight die in Iraq parliament blast
20.21 Thu Apr 12 2007
Eight people - included a reported three Iraqi MPs - have been killed in a suicide bombing at the parliament building in Baghdad.
Woman suicide bomber kills 17
11.47 Tue Apr 10 2007
A woman suicide bomber has killed at least 17 police recruits and injured 33 others in Iraq.
Assassination attempt on Iraq's deputy PM
13.00 Fri Mar 23 2007
Iraq's deputy prime minister has been injured during an assassination attempt which killed at least four people in Iraq.
Blast kills five as Iraq invasion marked
21.20 Tue Mar 20 2007
A car bomb has killed at least five people and wounded 17 in central Baghdad, on the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Bombers kill 29 in Baghdad
22.25 Sun Mar 11 2007
Twenty-nine people have died in suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad following international talks on ending violence.
Troops 'cannot solve Iraq violence'
11.36 Thu Mar 08 2007
Security forces alone cannot solve the problem of sectarian violence in Iraq, the new US security commander in the country has said.
Baghdad car bomb kills 26
11.34 Mon Mar 05 2007
A car bomb has ripped through Baghdad's booksellers' district, killing 26 people and wounding 54 others.
Baghdad car bomb kills ten
08.36 Wed Feb 28 2007
Ten people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb struck a vegetable market in southern Baghdad.
Iraq football pitch blast kills 18 children
16.56 Tue Feb 27 2007
Eighteen children have been killed in a car bombing which targeted a football field in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi.
Suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq
18.58 Sun Feb 25 2007
A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives has killed at least 40 people in a Baghdad college.
Baghdad chemical bomb kills three
17.39 Thu Feb 22 2007
A makeshift chemical bomb has killed at least three people and wounded dozens in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
UK hands Basra over to Iraqis
19.02 Tue Feb 20 2007
Britain has handed over command of the main Iraqi army unit in Basra to homegrown forces.
Three car bombs in Baghdad
22.20 Sun Feb 18 2007
More than 60 people have been killed by car bombs in Baghdad.
Rice in surprise Iraq visit
09.22 Sat Feb 17 2007
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived for an unannounced visit to Iraq.