Iraq

70% of India's oil needs met by imports, leaving rupee largely defenceless against oil price swings.

ONS said UK CPI inflation fell to 1.5% in May, but higher commodity prices may force this back up.

A young Iraqi football star has reportedly decided to put his career on hold to join the army to fight off Islamist militants advancing towards Baghdad.

IBT reports from Iraq as battlelines blur and chaos engulfs border.

UK consumer price and factory gate inflation data and Germany ZEW survey are watched ahead of US CPI inflation and housing starts.

Iraqi official voices grave concern over crisis created by Isis as Barack Obama considers military action.

New footage emerges of deadly ISIS atrocities

The Iraqi government has blocked access to the To Project website but several Arabic alternatives are available

Spain arrests eight suspected Isis recruiters while violence escalates in Iraq and Syria.

US evacuates and relocates personnel from Baghdad diplomatic post as Isis Islamists capture key ethnic Turkish city of Tal Afar.

Police say nine people killed and at least 20 injured when a suicide bomber struck near Tahrir Square.

Islamic leaders in Mosul and Tikrit executed by al-Qaida-linked insurgents for not falling in line.

Nouri al-Maliki's announcement follows desertions by security men as Isis insurgents seize key towns.

Former UK prime minister blames administration of Nouri al-Maliki and Syrian civil war for crisis.

Obama is to make a decision within days, while violence in Iraq continues to escalate.

Iraqis are expressing their frustration on Whisper, which allows anonymous posting.

Britain is to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraq as death toll due to Isis insurgency escalates.

Following Iraq's senior-most Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's call, Iraqi civilians join battle against Sunni insurgents.

Brent crude peaked above the $114 mark as markets struggled to assess impact of insurgency on Iraq oil output.

Source reveals that government decided to block all key social media networks as insurgency rages.

Indian rupee fell to a one-month low on Friday as rising oil supply concerns threatened to increase Asia's third largest economy's import bills.

Oil breaks significant technical barrier decisively as Iraq tension heightens supply woes.

Sunni militants have surrounded Baiji oil refinery according to reports.

IBTimes UK profiles jihadist group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

BREAKING NEWS: State television reports that Iraqi air force is bombing Isis positions in and around northern city.

Iraq's biggest oil refinery remained under government control after reports it had been seized by Isis militants.

Shipment of Kurdish oil bought by Russian energy giant Rosneft last month.

OPEC members embroiled in political turmoil push Brent futures above $112 a barrel.

All state institutions in Turkey are on high alert as 80 Turkish nationals including consul general are held hostages in Iraq.

Al-Qaida-inspired Isil militants advancing at lightning speed capturing cities and moving towards Baghdad.