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Nouri al-Maliki's comeback: Powerbroker set to return as Iraq PMNouri al-Maliki: A central figure in Iraq's politics and its only two-term premier since the US invasion of 2003, the 75-year-old Shiite Ar...
Iraqi parliament elects Sunni lawmaker al-Mashhadani as speaker, breaking deadlockIraq's parliament elected Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as its new speaker, ending a nearly year-long deadlock. Mashhadani, who previously held the...
Iraqi Kurds 'being armed by various sources': US official sourcesUS state department claims arms supposed arms are provided by various sources to Iraqi Kurds intheir fight against Islamic State Jihadists.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Iraqi politicians to form governmentUN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon called on Iraqi politicians to form a broad-based government to face jihadists threatening large parts of the count...
India to explore local currency trade possibility with Iraq"We are exploring possibilities (of payment in local currencies -- dinar and rupee) as we have substantial import ... ," Sharma said.
- Iraq PM's oil deal has long-term impact: experts
Kurdish officials ignored threats by clinching agreements with several international companies after the US-led invasion of 2003.
- Al-Qaeda behind recent Iraq violence: Gates
Al-Qaeda is behind a recent spate of bombings in Iraq designed to sow sectarian strife and take advantage of a drop in US troops, Defence S...
- Yechury's shoe size is 9
Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia television, who tossed his shoes at president George Bush, is the CPM’s latest pin-up ...
- Obama says Iraqi PM seeks US troop pullout by 2010
Barack Obama said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed support for a pullout of US troops by 2010.
- British PM Brown in Baghdad
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to hold talks with his counterpart Nuri al-Maliki.
- Obama vows to end war in Iraq, to focus on Afghanistan, Pak
Vowing to pursue a new military strategy, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Monday promised to pull out the bulk of US forces...
- White House says no "hard date" for withdrawal in Iraq talks
The White House has said that it is not negotiating a "hard date" for a US withdrawal from Iraq despite PM Nuri al-Maliki's call for a time...
- UAE waives 7 bn dollar Iraq debt
The United Arab Emirates has decided to waive Iraq's debt of just under seven billion dollars, officials said on Sunday as Iraqi Prime Mini...
- Iraq wants massive development of oil production: report
Iraq wants massive development of its oil production in the medium term, seeking to more than double the average number of barrels per day,...
- Iraq offers cash for weapons in crackdown against Qaeda
Iraq offered cash in exchange for weapons in the main northern city of Mosul, described by US commanders as Al-Qaeda's last urban bastion i...
- Clashes in Baghdad militia bastion kill eight
Sporadic overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed at least eight people, including...
- Iraq unconcerned over democrat hopeful's promise: Maliki
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said he is unconcerned about promises made by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, seeking Democratic ...
- France ready to mediate in Iraq: French Foreign Minister
France calls on UN and Iraq's neighbours to take active role in ending the crisis in the war-torn Iraq.
- Iraq postpones execution of Saddam aides
Iraq postponed hanging two of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen on Thursday amid international pressure following the ousted dictator’s bungled and...
- Al-Qaeda leader Zarqawi killed
Al-Qaeda’s chief in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials announced on Thursady, hailing a maj...