Iraq

It was the first visit for Biden, since US forces withdrew in 2011 after nearly nine years of occupation

It is the highest-ranking visit by a US official to Iraq since Biden went there in 2011

The demonstrators marched from Tahrir Square in central Baghdad to an entrance to the heavily-fortified Green Zone

A separate bomb went off on Friday in the district of Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killing two and wounding nine

UC Berkeley student was having a conversation in Arabic with his uncle in Baghdad when a fellow passenger reported him

Forces quickly take off again with their captive

Carter would meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he expected to increase level of US forces in Iraq from the current 3,800

The crisis escalated this week with the cancellation of two voting sessions over a planned cabinet reshuffle

Emergency session on Wednesday ended with lawmakers shouting and throwing punches in the parliament hall

The Islamic State group's ranks have been pared back by international and local military action in Iraq and Syria

The ministry initially announced the release of a Qatari citizen and his Asian companion who were kidnapped in Iraq

Unidentified armed men seized the group of Qatari hunters from a desert camp in southern Iraq near the Saudi border

The military on Friday said 24 of the victims were civilians, including three children

About 51,000 refugees and migrants are in Greece, where arrivals more than doubled on Tuesday

'Syrian government forces are the only force capable of defeating terrorism in Syria' Syria's military command

Battle has so far focused on four villages west of Makhmur

Islamic State has been losing territory steadily in Iraq for almost a year

Seventeen of those killed are boys aged between 10 and 16

Iraqi troops advanced westwards, recapturing several villages from the militants

A "small number" of American troops are also wounded in the attack

A military spokesperson said Iraqi forces have detained 149 IS fighters trying to blend in with the civilians

In a statement on Twitter, Islamic State said it had shot down a military plane with anti-aircraft artillery

The fighter jets hit arms depots and shelters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, says army spokesperson

Imad journeys to Baghdad twice a week to practise with the national under-16 Paralympic team

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday urged followers to ramp up pro-reform rallies by setting up tents in Baghdad

The delegation stormed out of the meeting after Ibrahim al Jaafari defended Shia Hashd Shaabi militia group

A doctor at Hilla hospital said at least 11 of the wounded were in a very serious condition

In a letter to his father, bin Laden asks for forgiveness, without saying what he might be regretting

Seven soldiers were also wounded in the attack

The bombing targeted a funeral for a well-known member of the Beni Tamim, one of the main tribes in Diyala province

The bombings were the deadliest attacks to hit Iraq's capital this year

Abadi promised political and economic reforms last summer after mass street protests

Hussein Adil is one of growing number of Iraqi artists looking for new ways of tackling violence they grew up with

The material went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra

The final air strikes were against an IS fighting position in the vicinity of Fallujah, Iraq

The Americans were kidnapped by suspected militias in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in January

Two pilots and seven army officers were killed in the incident, says official

The girl and her father were at a protest in Baghdad at the time of the fire

A contradicting reports says a malfunctioning heater caused the fire, but her father says it had been turned off

Units from Iraqi army have begun arriving to military base near Makhmur district to launch military operation

The sermons lately focused on the government's battle against Islamic State militants and anti-corruption efforts

If it succeeds, the coalition will have struck a crippling blow against Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate

Several people have died due to starvation and insufficient medical care, says local media

Members of govt-run forces are responsible for "serious violations of international humanitarian law", HRW says

The humanitarian crisis caused by the war against Islamic State has displaced more than 3.3 million people since 2014

The deal will make only a small dent in the country's major summer production shortfall

Police Major Tareq Abdulkarim says so far, we have removed 18 bodies including five members of police

Iraq is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, especially those from the country

A surge in such violence could undermine efforts by al-Abadi to dislodge militants from large swaths of north and west