Iraq

Explosion in Doura town in Iraqi capital kills Christians during Christmas celebrations.

Iraqi policeman Ayyub Khalaf throws himself on to suicide bomber to save lives of those around him

PM tells Camp Bastion troops job is done but Labour MP Paul Fynn highlights 426 dead and £40bn cost.

Thousands of Syrian refugees at risk in freezing temperatures.

Expected supply from Libya, Iraq and Iran will also put pressure on prices.

The Pirate Bay relocates to Peru amid development of its own browser, as founder is detained in solitary confinement.

Kurdistan region of Hassakeh will receive food and aid via airbridge from Iraq.

Javier Espinosa and photographer Ricardo Garcia captured by rebels fighting for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Council of Europe's Moneyval will issue a positive report on the Vatican's financial reforms and transparency

Suspect accused of Woolwich murder tells jury of disgust over Iraq war and his love of al-Qaida.

Series of bomb blasts in mostly Shia parts of Baghdad leave at least 30 dead and many more injured.

Some figures who led tributes to late South African leader once branded him a terrorist.

Lower US crude oil stockpiles lend further support to futures.

IBTimes looks at corruption around the world after Transparency International publishes their 2013 Corruption Index Report

South Africa's anti-apartheid figurehead dies at the age of 95 in hospital in Pretoria.

Experts claim seized infrared bombs show Taliban links, but truth may be more complicated.

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.