Nuri Al Maliki

Urgent political response needed from Iraqi govt against ISIL: France

France has called for an urgent but also political response from Iraq to the offensive by jihadist ISIL forces.

US condemns Mosul takeover, calls situation extremely serious

The United States condemned the seizure of the Iraqi city of Mosul by Sunni Islamist insurgents, calling the situation "extremely serious."

Iraq: 74 dead in series of militant attacks after elections

A post-election wave of attacks across Iraq, including car bombings in Baghdad and a northern city, killed at least 74 people.

Baghdad bombs and shooting kill at least 19

Car bombs in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital and a shooting killed at least 19 people on Wednesday, police said, driving the death toll so far this month to nearly 1,000, according to Iraq Body Count.

Time to end al Qaeda presence in Falluja: Iraq's Maliki

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday it was time to clear al Qaeda-linked militants out of the rebel-held city of Falluja, but set no deadline for any military assault.

Oil supply demand will be fulfilled, Iraq reassures India

Iraq has assured India of fulfilling the demand for oil supplies and vowed to enhance economic relations

Suicide bomber kills 22, wounds 44 in Iraq

The attack was the latest suicide bombing in Iraq over recent weeks as insurgents try stoke tensions against the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

In Syrian shadow, Iraq's Maliki juggles Tehran, Washington

Iraq's move to inspect Iranian aircraft flying to Syria may appease the United States but also shows how crisis in Damascus has pushed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki into an ever more delicate balancing act between his two main allies.