Iraq

Conservative Ohio senator drops opposition to gay marriage and adoption.

Men in the military are three times more likely to be convicted of a violent crime than non-servicemen.

Party suspends outspoken lord over claims he blamed Jewish plot for motoring offence jail sentence.

Football rivalry takes extreme turn after friends argue over Spanish football near Baghdad.

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan calls for prisoner exchange

The International Energy Agency warns that oil demand is weakening on feeble world economic growth

Japan's LNG dependence has soared after the 2011 disaster.

US Army Private First Class pleads guilty to 10 out of 22 charges.

With Oxford University's Student Union set to vote today on whether to boycott Israel, Nadin Rayya examines the potential impact.

Tehran's Revolutionary Guard allegedly behind eight-man militant cell exposed this week.

Austerity policies and cuts in military expenditure contribute to lower arms sales on the back of global economic crisis .

It doesn't matter how big, silly and expensive they are, AAA games can be art, too

Former US Navy SEAL and best-selling author of American Sniper, Chris Kyle has been shot dead along with another man on a gun range, police in Texas said.

Heavily armed Islamic militants storm police compound after a suicide car bomb attack.

Sabah newspaper claim that Kurdish militants ready to abandon fight and withdraw dismissed.

Coalition government wanted war at all costs and could not even be bothered with a dodgy dossier, says Lucy P.

First step in Turkey-PKK peace road map is withdrawal of 100 Kurdish militants next month.

London's indifference to matters north of the border only increases Scottish desire for independence, says James Kelly.

Syrian colonel believed among those killed by rebel al-Nusra terror group's double bombing near Israeli border.

Saddam's former deputy on death row suffering from diabetes, heart disease and depression.

As Prince Harry returns from his tour of duty a BBC documentary follows survivors of worst attack on foot patrol in Afghan war.

Barack Obama sworn in as US president for second time and delivers inaugural address from Washington DC.

Kamaran Haider and Thana Al Bassam tell IBTimes UK of Saddam Hussein's systematic mass murder of Kurds.

Tuareg separatists pledge to help French military offensive against al-Qaida-linked rebels

But Wikileaks founder won't be leaving confines of Ecuador embassy bolthole.

Nobel Laureate and New York Times columnist slips loudly into insult-based attack as the global economic debate gets increasingly partisan.

Militant group affiliated to al-Qaida in Iraq and fields 5,000 fighters.

Move coincides with appointment of less hawkish Chuck Hagel as US defence secretary.

Role of emerging economies and shale production in oil prices may not be as significant as expected.

Small commercial plane forced to make emergency landing nearly three weeks ago.