Baghdad - Iraqi troops started in the early hours of Thursday a new security offensive against Shiite militias in the southern Maysan province after a four-day deadline for militants to surrender t

Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to crack down against terrorists Wednesday, a day after a bomb killed 50 and injured 80 in a market in a Shiite neighbourhood of Baghdad.

Baghdad  - Britain seeks to sign a long-term partnership pact with Iraq before the end of the year, which would provide for the presence of a small British force in the country, a British governmen

A member of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, an Iraqi policemen and his brother were killed, while an Iraqi woman was injured in separate attacks in northern Iraq, US forces and media reports said S