Latest from Iraq

<i>Graeme Baker:</i> Military might reflected in slashed war budget

Deadly traps lie in wait as Nato takes aim at Kandahar Taleban

Many US and British officers warn that corrupt police are turning people against the government and 'acting as Taleban recruiting sergeants.'

Baghdad bomb kills 36

Oman aided hiker's release

US soldiers back in action as base attacked

US troops yesterday found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the centre of Baghdad.

<i>Anne Penketh:</i> President careful not to trumpet mission achieved

President Obama is right to play down the US withdrawal from Iraq.

<i>Editorial:</i> Obama right to turn the page on Iraq

President Barack Obama has brought down the curtain on the seven-year conflict in Iraq.

Iraq inquiry attacked

Mattis gets command job

<i>Gwynne Dyer</i>: Oil wealth may hold Iraq together

Inquiry into Iraq torture claims demanded

Claims that more than one hundred Iraqi civilians were tortured and abused by British soldiers must be fully investigated, Britain's High Court was told yesterday.

Petraeus: 'We are in this to win'

General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan.

'Super-giant' oilfields redraw energy map

Master of military illusion could find his tricks failing

Pregnant women fasting for Ramadan risk damage to their babies

Pregnant Muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller babies, research has found.

Innocent Iraqis claim $17.6m from British

The British Government has paid off more than 1000 innocent Iraqis.