Two US soldiers have been killed in central Iraq in the first deadly attack of 2011 on American forces in the country, the military said on Monday. “Two US service members were killed in central Iraq Sunday night,” a statement from the US...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister set forward the skeleton of his new government on Monday night, proposing ministers to fill a majority of cabinet seats and bringing a bitter nine-month impasse one faltering step closer to resolution.

Car bombs ripped through downtown Baghdad early Tuesday, killing five and wounding at least 16 people in the latest attack near government buildings in the Iraqi capital, police and health officials said. At least three blasts occurred within minutes...

Behind-the-scenes U.S. pressure has finally forced Iraq’s leaders to accept a political compromise, with Sunday’s vote in the Iraqi parliament to adopt an electoral law setting rules for national elections in January — and potentially...

Sixteen al-Qaida-affiliated prisoners, including five sentenced to death, escaped from a prison in Tikrit City, the capital of Salahudin province, a provincial police source said on Thursday. The 16 prisoners affiliated to al-Qaida in Iraq network...

The fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait that killed 41 women and children consumed the structure in a blazing inferno lasting just three minutes, the fire department chief said Sunday. “It was a horrific scene with bodies and many shoes stuck to the...

Three al-Qaeda propaganda websites have closed down after reportedly coming under cyber-attack from Western intelligence agencies.The al-Ekhlas, al-Buraq and al-Firdaws websites, all linked to al-Fajr the propaganda wing of al-Qaeda, have been out of...

Yesterday , my dear sister !,in my dream,I saw a cascade of tears from your eyes;When asked about the cause of your grief,You showed me the image of your husband.You hurled abuses at me,as he was killed,By a brutal terrorist in my land.

The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq’s first provincial elections in four years — until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.

The US military says an Apache helicopter has accidentally destroyed one of its own armoured vehicles in eastern Baghdad. The military says the incident occurred yesterday afternoon, when the chopper spotted a group of four militants placing roadside...