Baghdad

US ambassador to Iraq and other staff evacuated as thousands outside gate denounced US air strikes

At least 25 fighters were killed in Sunday night's attacks against a pro-Iran group

Around 460 people have been killed since the protests began nearly three months ago, and some 25,000 have been wounded

Since October 28, ten rocket attacks have targeted areas where US soldiers and diplomats are stationed

Armed men have killed at least 19 people, including three police, near Baghdad's Tahrir Square

The cause of death in both cases was tear gas canisters aimed directly at the head

Puts forward a roadmap calling for an end to violence, electoral reform and anti-graft measures within two weeks

Mass rallies calling for an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked Baghdad since October 1

Thousands of Iraqis returned to the streets in the capital, defying curfews and violence that has left over 60 dead

Protests represent the second phase of a week-long movement in early October that ended with more than 150 people dead

Activists circumvent restrictions to call for Friday's demonstrations

Iraqi protesters say they have not been convinced by the government's response to their demands

The government announces three days of national mourning in the wake of the unrest

As people protest against the inadequacy of state services and the lack of jobs

At least 99 people have died and nearly 4,000 wounded since protests began in Baghdad on Tuesday

Despite the embattled premier's pleas for patience and an internet blackout on the fourth day of mass rallies

Death toll rises to 18 as protests spread across south

Demonstrations erupt in Baghdad against the government led by Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi

A snapshot of the dramatically changing nature of the Afghan conflict long overshadowed by the war in Iraq

Police used live rounds to disperse the crowd with no injuries reported, says police

Compensation paid after police manhandled them for protesting against on-flight air conditioning malfunction

Katyusha rocket crashed into the Green Zone without causing casualties, says security official

First rule of Iraqi bikers club is: 'you do not talk about politics!'

The country's best competitors hail from geo-cultural Kurdistan

Washington and Tehran have competed for influence in Iraq since the 2003 US invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein

Twelve months since a controversial referendum, Iraq's divided Kurds will elect a regional parliament on Sunday

Islamic State strongholds in Iraq discussed

The management has suspended two of its pilots for getting into the fight

Abadi travelled to the Shiite shrine city of Najaf to meet Sadr

Varied groups have taken advantage of the war to stock weapons says Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

Sadr who opposes involvement of both United States and Iran, scored a surprise victory in the May 12 vote

Zaidi flung his shoes at the US leader at a farewell press conference Bush was holding in Baghdad

"It's the same old faces! All they care about is getting rich, not serving the people!"

Some of the funds allocated to rebuilding Baghdad have disappeared, according to Transparency International

Sixty-year-old Thikra Alwash, only woman mayor of a Middle East capital, faces mountainous task ahead

The bombings come as Iraq gears up for elections in May, with voters deeply concerned about security in the country

The British government said in September that there were around 600 British soldiers on the ground in Iraq

The customers of Shabandar have watched years of Iraq's tumultuous history pass by

General hospital reports 80 wounded, some of them lightly injured

Earlier this week, Iraqi forces took control of oil-rich province; arrest warrant issued for KRG vice president

Members of Iraq's security forces were among the victims, medical sources said

At least 30 people were wounded in the attack

Officials said the blast also wounded at least 36 people

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion

Local residents said that IS used it as an execution site and a mass grave where they would dispose of victims

More than 50 others wounded in the deadliest such attack in the war-ravaged country this year

A series of attacks in the Iraqi capital and other cities in the country have killed dozens of people in just a week

Police say 61 people were also wounded in the incident

The blasts ripped through shops in the Al-Sinek area, a police colonel said. At least 38 people were wounded

About 30 people were also injured in the terrorist attack claimed by Islamic State in an online statement