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Two killed in Baghdad suicide bombings hours after Iraqi capital's bloodiest day this year
The blasts follow one day after the worst violence seen in the Iraqi capital in 2016.
Baghdad hit by new car bombings in day of bloodshed for Iraqi capital
Three car bombs in a single day kill dozens in the Iraqi capital
Baghdad car bomb: Isis claims responsibility for attack in busy market that killed at least 50
At least 50 people are dead with 60 wounded, although police officials stated the death toll may rise.
Isis kills 34 in Baghdad suicide bombing at Shia market
Death toll rose from an initial 18 dead while 45 people were reported as injured in the attack.
Iraq War Inquiry: Sir John Chilcot will publish long-awaited £9m report in July
Investigation was launched in 2009 by former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Hero Alsatian praised after helping SAS troopers combat Isis fighters during ambush
The incident came as the SAS completed a 10-day training program with Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq.
UN says Isis has committed genocide as 50 mass graves found in Iraq
The UN Security Council was told there is evidence of 'heinous crimes' in territory once held by Isis.
British SAS capture 3 Isis chiefs in daring lightning raids as net closes around Mosul
Coalition is using night-time raids on the Iraqi city to destabilise Daesh's command structure.
Isis executes al-Qaeda commander in Syria as rival groups battle for disappearing land
Isis and al-Qaeda once enjoyed a relative peace before a power struggle and accusation of assassination attempts.
Female Yazidi and Kurdish fighters take up arms against Islamic State militants
Here are the women who say gender does not keep them from fearing or entering the battle.
War on Isis: More British troops could join Iraqi forces to combat Daesh
To increase the impact of coalition forces in Mosul, US Defence Secretary requests UK to send in 'military trainers'.
Iraqi PM orders arrest of Shi'ite protesters occupying Tahrir Square after storming parliament
Hundreds of supports of the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke through the Green Zone around Baghdad.
Shia supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr storm Iraq parliament
Protesters angry as MPs once again fail to show up for a key vote to end corruption.
21 dead and 42 wounded after Baghdad car bomb targets Shi'ite pilgrims
Targets of terror attack thought to be Shi'ite pilgrims on their way to a holy shrine.
One in three jihadists joining Isis are women who are trained for battle says Europol
Rob Wainwright said many women now had hardened battlefield experience.
Isis blow up 19th century Empress Eugenie's Clock Church in Iraqi city of Mosul
In the militants' latest attack on Christianity, they destroyed the church paid for by French emperor's wife.
British special forces troops to launch double attack on Isis in Iraq and Libya
The SAS and SBS are preparing to mount attacks with US, French and Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces.
Payslip reveals how Isis fighter earns only $50 a month but gets a 'sex slave' bonus
The cash strapped extremists offer bonuses to fighters if they have children, wives and sex slaves.
Isis: Daesh renews chemical attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq
Peshmurga forces say they have suffered 10 chemical attacks in the past six weeks.
Cash-strapped Isis removes organs from wounded jihadi fighters to sell on black market reports say
Isis is losing territory in both Syria and Iraq with US-led airstrikes limiting oil production.
Isis in Iraq: President Obama predicts Mosul will fall by end of 2016
Officials announced that 200 additional troops will be deployed, acting mostly as advisors to Iraqi soldiers.
Isis releases new execution video where they blow off captives head with exploding necklace
The jihadists release a new montage of killings said to have taken place in besieged Fallujah, Iraq.
American tank dubbed 'The Beast' the hero as Iraqi forces retake town of Hit
The Abrams M-1 tank has been the unofficial 'hero of the day' according to the US military.
Isis: Barack Obama says Daesh on the defensive
There have been more than 11,500 air strikes so far against IS in Syria and Iraq.
Iraq: Saddam Hussein's palace to transform into a museum
After serving as a mess hall for the British army, the Basra palace will become a museum in September.
British Muslim leaders wage war on Isis propaganda in UK mosques and homes
Imams visited the front line of the fight against Islamic State in Iraq to arm themselves with information.
Life under Isis: Families used as human shield, fined because of beard length and forced labour
An Iraqi refugee has spoken about the horrors of life under the Isis Caliphate after escaping.
Qatari royal – held by kidnappers in Iraq for four months – released with Pakistani falcon hunter
The hunting party were grabbed from an Iraqi desert camp at dawn in Samawah province.
Reformed US torturer Eric Fair struggles with guilt for 'swimming in depravity pool' at Abu Ghraib
'I made horrible mistakes. I have a responsibility to confess those things openly,' said Fair.
Isis rocket expert behind fatal attack on US marines killed in drone strike
US marine Louis Cardin was killed in rocket attack in March.