18 dead in Baghdad blasts, assault

Prashant Rao A string of bombings kills 18 in Baghdad.

Baghdad blasts tear apart Iraq's hopes for progress

Martin Chulov Attacks killing at least 60 people in Baghdad have been dreaded and predicted in Iraq.

No fanfare as the saviour of Baghdad flees

Martin Chulov Not only the US military is leaving Baghdad. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal is also packing his bags.

Baghdad bombings kill at least 11

A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital have struck a crowded restaurant, a police patrol and the homes of two policemen, killing 11 people and wounding 25, officials said.

US media mourns gun young reporter

He reported from war zones and brought down a top American general with a hard-hitting profile. But now American publishers and readers are mourning the death of young award-winning journalist...

Suicide blasts rock Baghdad

Explosions hit Baghdad just before the announcement came that Saddam Hussein's cousin had been hanged.

Blasts wreck Baghdad buildings

Coordinated bombings across Baghdad kill at least 35, bringing the number slain in the last five days to more than 100.

Baghdad vigil for church dead

RAW VISION: Hundreds of Lebanese and Iraqis hold a candlelight vigil to express their solidarity with those targeted in an attack in a Baghdad church.

Multiple bombings rock Baghdad

Bombs and mortar shells tear through mostly Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghdad, killing scores of people.

Car bombings cause Baghdad carnage

At least 57 people were killed and nearly 250 wounded in coordinated car bombings in Shiite districts across Baghdad on Tuesday, an interior ministry official said.

Bloodbath after gunmen seize Baghdad cathedral

BAGHDAD: Thirty-seven Christians, including two priests, were killed in a siege at a Baghdad cathedral that ended when it was stormed by US and Iraqi forces, witnesses and officials said.

Sex, drugs, and diplomatic security

A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.

Inquiry opens into vice, drugs cover-up

A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security staff tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.

Iraq violence death toll more than 500

At least 16 people in the latest eruption of violence rattling Iraq.

Car bombs kill more than 40 in Iraq

A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 40 people on Monday, striking at market places and crowded bus stops during the busy...

Tony Wright

Where idiocy leads, tragedy must follow

Tony Wright Much has been said about the Boston bombings, but do we know what's happening in Iraq?

Newspaper caught photoshopping injuries out of Boston Marathon photograph

Megan Levy A US newspaper has admitted that it digitally altered a front-page photograph of a Boston Marathon bombing victim so that the woman's pants covered her horrific leg wounds.

Facing new terror

Paul McGeough They were named Suspect 1 and Suspect 2, and Americans who recognised them were advised to tread carefully.

Lives at risk around the world from novelty golf toys sold as 'bomb detectors'

Melanie Hall When James McCormick told armies, police forces and governments that his bomb detectors worked from deep underwater or a low-flying plane, it might have sounded too good to be true.