Assassins injure PM hopeful Nouri al-Maliki improving chances of rival Iyad Allawi.

Al Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden presented a brushed up new image in his first video speech in three years on September 8. His style had changed too as he bid to challenge President George W. Bush's recent assertions that the West is engaged in a long ideological ...

For the first since the US-led invasion of March 2003, post-Saddam Iraq stands on the threshold of a genuine tipping point. This is because the Sunni Arabs have finally made up their minds to vote in the Dec. 15 election for the 275-seat National Assembly that will determine the shape ...