Casualty Count

Coalition forces killed one al Qaeda suspect and detained 20 others in operations across central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said.

Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is expected to extend a six-month ceasefire by his Mehdi Army militia, two senior officials in his movement confirmed for the first time on Thursday.

With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility Wednesday that he may not renew a six-month cease-fire widely credited for helping slash violence.

Like a stitch across a deep wound, the train between Iraq's two biggest cities reminds people of a more peaceful time before sectarian carnage nearly tore their country apart.

Iraqi army forces fought for several hours with illegal militant groups in different areas in the city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources and media reports said Thursday.

Four British soldiers suffered minor injuries when their convoy was hit by two explosions near their base in southern Iraq, the defence ministry in London said Thursday.

Australia's new government confirmed Thursday that it would withdraw its combat troops from Iraq by mid-year but pledged strong ties with the United States ahead of landmark talks this week.

More than 180 members of the Kentucky National Guard are heading to Iraq. It's the second trip to the war-torn country for the National Guard's 223rd Military Police Co.

U.S. authorities investigating Blackwater Worldwide security contractors are returning to Baghdad this week to revisit the scene of a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

A Multi-National Division – Center Soldier was killed when the Soldier’s vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device Feb. 20. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.

A soldier who had been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed Iraqi was convicted by a military jury Wednesday of aggravated assault.

Two Indians and a Sri Lankan have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up near their convoy in Basra, report reaching on Wednesday. They have been identified as Sureshan and Mohammed, both from Kerala. The three were working for Prolog Middle ...

The U.S. military said Wednesday that two women used as suicide bombers in attacks earlier this month had undergone psychiatric treatment but there is no indication they had Down syndrome as Iraqi and U.S. officials initially had claimed.

A detainee died Wednesday after being transported to a coalition medical facility, the U.S. military said. The detainee was taken to the facility on Tuesday for medical assistance and died the next day, according to a statement.

A Multi-National Division - North Soldier was killed as a result of injuries sustained from a rocket propelled grenade attack while conducting patrols in Mosul. Three Soldiers were also wounded and transported to a Coalition medical facility...

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a shadowy group that has claimed responsibility for deadly bomb attacks in the past, threatened "days of apocalypse for Turkey... with (our) activists who have taken a vow of revenge."

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to lift a six-month cease-fire by the end of the week, officials said Wednesday _ a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have...

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew himself up in the market of Muqdadiyah, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others," army General Ragheb al-Omayri told AFP.

A suicide bombing struck a security checkpoint near a marketplace in a town in the volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 18 others, a provincial police source said.

A former Army paratrooper who served two tours of duty in Iraq has been ordered tried on charges of raping and critically injuring a 3-month-old girl. Kirk Coleman is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree child abuse...