Baghdad

The latest fire comes after three people were lightly hurt on Tuesday when a blaze broke out in a refreshments area

Explosion took place near a football stadium and a café, when an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated

Iraq's military declared an open-ended nationwide curfew and urged the protesters to leave the Green Zone

This is an emblematic trip and it is a duty towards a land that has been martyred for so many years, Francis says

In a statement issued by the Vatican, Pope condemned the attack as 'senseless act of brutality'

Gen Qassem Soleimani and a senior Iraqi militia leader was killed in a US drone strike last year

Putting your own citizens at risk abroad won’t divert attention from catastrophic failures at home says Iranian FM

Sources not clear whether it was a projectile or a planted device

Spokesman says Francis, who turns 84 next week, will visit the capital Baghdad, Ur

Military blames “terrorist groups” saying the rockets were fired from an area in the western part of the capital

The base had been the site of frequent rocket attacks by militias

Security forces open fire on demonstrators in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad

775 doctors have contracted virus in Iraq since February

Country records 34 more fatalities from pandemic, raising death toll to 426

At one point, the Iranian vessels came within 10 yards of the US Coast Guard

Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots, one air hostess contracted the virus

Baghdad confirms third death from COVID-19

In another case, two people are sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying and acting against national security

One security source says three rockets hit near high-security compound while another says as many as five struck area

Tensions have soared between Tehran and Washington since a US drone strike killed top Iranian general Soleimani

Rallies have rocked Iraq since October

Iranian Revolutionary Guard unit shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet shortly after takeoff from Tehran

While President Trump says he will not respond further militarily, Washington is intent on maintaining pressure

Social media users claim, the video shared shows Soleimani's killing 'in Iran' is from a 2015 video game preview

He called for far-sighted solutions for war-torn Syria and thanked Jordan and Lebanon for taking in refugees

Iraqi President Barham Saleh rejectes Iraq being a battlefield for warring sides

Iraqis' reactions to Iran's strikes were much tamer than the anger expressed at the US last week

There have been no reports of casualties from either the Iraqi military or the US-led coalition

Trump in 2011 tweeted that in order to get elected Barack Obama will start a war with Iran

Israeli premier praised US President Donald Trump for "acting swiftly, boldly, and resolutely" in killing Soleimani

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says America's corrupt presence must come to an end in this region

Several other countries, including Germany and Romania, announced plans to move their forces

US strike killed a top Iranian commander last week and Iran launched retaliation strikes on Wednesday

Troops can be brought back at any time if the training in Iraq is to resume, says German military spokesperson

Some 5,200 US soldiers are stationed across Iraqi bases to support local troops preventing a resurgence of IS

Scale of the crowds in Tehran shown on television seemed to be the biggest since 1989

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed "severe revenge" and declared three days of mourning

Says his tweet would serve as prior notification if he did decide to strike against Iran again

Baghdad also moves United Nations Security Council over US strikes that killed Iranian commander Soleimani

Iraqi political leaders and clerics attend the mass ceremony to honour Gen Soleimani

US feared a backlash against its mission and bases in Iraq following killing of Iran’s top commander Soleimani

On Friday, the US military killed Soleimani in an airstrike which sparked fears of a new war in the Middle East

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in US air strike

Government urged to take diplomatic route due to Pakistan’s dependent economy

Soleimani’s assassination was the most dramatic escalation yet in spiralling tensions between Iran and the US

He was killed in a drone strike just outside the Baghdad airport shortly after flying in to meet with Iranian allies

Trump administration is trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law

US strike sparks fears of an escalation in violence in region, with Iran vowing severe revenge for Soleimani's death

He was killed in a US air strike on his convoy at Baghdad airport

Around 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division are prepared to deploy over the next several days says Mark Esper