Iraq

Iraq's security forces say Iraqi warplanes had struck Baghdadi's convoy as it was heading to an IS leadership meeting

Cache included a tonne and a half of C4 explosives and other explosive material

In video, one of the Turks reads statement in Arabic, saying captors had treated them humanely

Smugglers may not provide enough life jackets and they are said to be much cheaper in Iraq than in Turkey

I hate you, Hungary, shouts an Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone, rushing to attack the Hungarian police

Kidnapping group says Turkey must order rebel forces to stop besieging four Shia villages in northern Syria

Dozens of Turks have been kidnapped in Iraq by IS over the past 18 months and later released

Saudi Arabia also signalled its intention to reopen an embassy in Baghdad and has invited Abadi to visit the kingdom

There was no immediate claim of responsibility

Sistani urges Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to take stronger stance against corruption and mismanagement

The bomber killed major general and a staff brigadier, says military spokesman

Emirates will operate four weekly flights from Dubai to Baghdad, served by an A330-200 aircraft

Indictment of Maliki, other senior officials comes a week after PM launched a sweeping campaign to combat corruption

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and said more than 20 people were killed

A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6am, police say

Group tells the girls' families not to expect their bodies for burial

UK's Tornado jets are carrying out air strikes, reconnaissance and surveillance over Iraq as part of US-led operations

PM Ahmet Davutoglu's office says strikes hit Kurdistan Workers Party targets including shelters, depots and caves

Qais al-Khazali says anti-IS campaign had failed because of US agenda to redraw map of Middle East along new borders

The deadliest of the attacks was in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Baghdad al Jadida

The crater left in the main street of the town's central Al-Khan neighbourhood was about five metres wide and two deep

Sukkur Barrage road bridge closed for repairs amid plans to modernise the structure and automate the gates.