Iraq

WikiLeaks founder will remain in embassy in asylum bid to beat extradition to Sweden over sex charges.

President Bashar al-Assad dismisses UN-Arab League envoy's proposals and ramps up criticism of Turkey.

Turkey's state television said the country is deploying anti-aircraft weapons along the Syrian border.

International envoy Kofi Annan invites permanent members of UN security council to Action Group for Syria.

Is the establishment of a Russian advanced research facility a sign that we are about to embark on a digital age Cold War?

Erdogan ups the ante in row with Damascus and warns Syria border incursions will be viewed as military threat.

Second bomb goes off as rescuers enter blast zone in Shiite neighbourhood.

Fighting between Kurdish militants and government troops at Hakkari province army outposts claim high death toll.

UN investigator wants probe into civilian casualties in growing number of drone attacks.

News Corp rubbishes claim and Murdoch says he stands by every statement of his at Leveson.

The ISI, an umbrella organisation of insurgent groups, has emerged as a major force targeting Shiite Muslims.

Shiite pilgrims targeted as they gathered in capital for religious festival.

US warns that helicopters will escalate conflict dramatically on day of mortar deaths and Annan's fresh plea for support

Oil ministers at Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries reveal conflicting opinions on restricting oil output to slow falling prices.

Appointment follows mass expulsion of Western diplomats in tit-for-tat row amid ongoing violence.

More than 4,000 Syrian nationals of Kurdish origin have crossed the border into northern Iraq, as violence in Syria shows no signs of abating.

Series of car bomb attacks kill at least 18 in Baghdad and wound 29 in busy market area.

Former prime minister denies that media baron Rupert Murdoch told him to get MP Tom Watson to back off phone hacking scandal

Tony Blair’s testimony to the Leveson Inquiry was briefly disrupted by an intruder who accused the former Prime Minister of being a “war criminal”.

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah ahead of Lebanon’s 12th anniversary of Liberation Day, when the Israeli army withdrew from the country in 2000.

'Snitch' hacker Adrian Lamo, who turned in Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, warns of over-hyping the Anonymous threat and criticise role of media in depicting the collective.

To mark the historic occasion, IBTimes UK takes a look at at the Egyptian Revolution in an interview with Nariman Youssef author of the e-book Summer of Unrest: Tahrir - 18 Days of Grace.

As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.

Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor stopped short of apologising for his role in Sierra Leone civil war, instead accusing prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses.

Prime minister had three conversations with media mogul in run-up to Iraq war.

Al-Qaida in Yemen is planning to defy security checks across the world by implanting explosives within suicide bombers' bodies.

Al-Qaida suspected of operating in Syria after twin blasts kill 55 in Damascus.

Brother of one of 77 victims shot dead by Norwegian mass killer Breivik threw a shoe at him during trial, shouting "Go to hell"

Shale gas explorer Cuadrilla has found more natural gas in the UK shale rocks than in Iraq.