Iraq

Authorities says 18 bodies found shot through head in orchard near Sunni-dominated town.

David Cameron to lead trade delegation to China to win contracts, but what constitutes British foreign policy now?

Settlement ends probes by US law enforcement and regulatory agencies.

Controversial US broadcaster compares Senate vote change on filibusters to group deciding whether women can be raped or not

Incoherence and hypocrisy of extremist narrative must be stopped - or more British lives will be lost, says Ed Swan.

Pontiff worried by sectarian violence in Syria, Iraq and Egypt urges authorities to protect the faithful.

Explosion in al-Saadiyah, 90 miles northeast of Baghdad, kills 27 in Shia Kurd area.

David Meseguer and Oriol Gracia's documentary shows Kurds' quiet resistance to Assad and al-Qaida.

Lord Carey warns Christianity is 'generation away from extinction' unless Church attracts more young people.

Based on a true story, Rhino Season is the story of an Iranian Kurdish poet looking for his wife after 30 years in jail.

Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa says 'people in glass houses must not throw stones' in veiled attack on Cameron over war crimes allegations.

Shia Muslims around the world marked Ashura on 14 November with ritual self-flagellation.

Minister calls for action to stop persecution of Christians in Iraq and Syria.

Sunni Islamist fighter Mohammed Fares decapitated by Islamic State of Syria and Levante in Aleppo.

US Defence Department faces budget cuts of about $52bn in current fiscal year.

Counter-terrorism chief says al-Qaida offshoots exploiting security lapses during Ashoura festival.

MPs Nadhim Zahawi and Anas Sarwar discuss the need to protect women and girls against sexual assault amid the Haiyan chaos.

Lianna Brinded delivers on-the-ground special report from the cradle of the Arab Spring and ponders its future.

A man being re-tried for attacking the US Embassy in Sarajevo in 2011 has apologised for his 'stupid act'.

Chairman of Security and Intelligence Committee which cross-examined heads of Britain's security services.

Kremlin's multibillion-dollar military supply deal gets green light days after PM Nuri al-Maliki returned empty-handed from Washington visit.

Chief executive Peter Voser says Nigeria situation will 'erode near-term outlook'.

Terrorist attacks near Baghdad and Mosul latest in spate of sectarian violence.

At WIEF, Iraq's Dr Rowsch Nuri Shaways points to double-digit economic growth forecast for country.

Two weeks before Remembrance Sunday, photos of British soldiers apparently making fascist gesture provoke condemnation.

Another multiple car bomb attack has rocked Baghdad, with fatal consequences.

Battling both Assad and al-Qaida, Syrian Kurds may prove to be precious allies for the West, writes Emanuela Pergolizzi

Morgan asked undercover FBI agents to kill neighbour he accused of raping his wife.

Historic deal for Northern Ireland was quasi-mystical and founded on touchy-feely tactics, says former PM.

New disclosure details how notorious al-Qaida operative who had unwittingly got away from CIA dragnet was tracked and executed in drone attack in Pakistan.