Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad today as commuters were starting their working week, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens of others, Iraqi officials said.

Twelve people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the offices of a mobile phone company in western Baghdad today, an Iraqi army official has said.

At least six people were killed and 35 injured in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad today, Iraqi police and health officials said.

A suicide bomber blew himself up among dozens of Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad today in a devastating strike that officials said killed 51 people and wounded 119.

At least 41 people have been killed and 112 wounded in a suicide bombing strike against Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad today.

The death toll from an explosion in Iraq’s second-largest city has risen from 20 to 43, health officials revealed today.

A Briton was killed in an attack on a private security convoy in northern Iraq today.

A roadside bomb apparently aimed at a senior Transport Ministry official missed its target and killed two bystanders instead, Iraqi officials said today.

A car bomb exploded outside a Baghdad police station today in a deady pair of attacks that killed six people in the Iraqi capital, security and hospital officials said.

A suicide bomber hit a residential area in a village in northern Iraq before dawn today, killing at least 19 people and injuring 30 others, officials said.

At least five people were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bombing in a mainly Sunni area north-west of Baghdad today, police said.

At least eight people were killed today by a suicide bomber targeting a gathering of Iraqi soldiers and civilians commemorating Army Day in central Baghdad.

At least 15 people were killed and 20 wounded in Iraq today when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a coffee shop east of Baghdad.

At least 32 people were killed and 50 wounded when a parked car bomb exploded in a Shiite enclave north-east of Baghdad.

Iraqi police say a parked car bomb has exploded killing at least 32 and wounding 50.

At least nine people were killed and 16 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a police station in Iraq today.

An insurgent group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed nine US soldiers north-east of Baghdad.

Nine US soldiers were killed and 20 were wounded in a suicide car bombing against a patrol base in Iraq, the military said.

At least 27 people were killed and 59 wounded in three suicide bomb attacks in Iraq today.

Two suicide car bombers attacked a police station in a residential area of Baghdad today, killing at least 13 people and wounding 82, police said.

A suicide car bomber rammed into a fuel truck today in central Baghdad, killing at least 11 people, police said.

A parked car bomb detonated in a crowd of workers at a Shiite marketplace in Baghdad today, killing at least 82 people, police and hospital officials said.

Three separate explosions rocked Baghdad today, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens of others, police said.

Two explosions rocked Baghdad at noon (9am Irish Time) today, killing at least nine people and wounding 18, police said.

Two truck bombs simultaneously struck markets in Tal Afar today, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens, police said.

At least 10 people were killed and 25 wounded when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle near a bus station in Iraq today.

Iraqi police say up to 90 people have been killed in the suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims in Hillah.

The death toll from two suicide bombings in Iraq today has risen to 47, according to reports.

Two suicide bombers exploded themselves in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad today, killing at least 10 people, Iraqi police said.

At least 55 people were killed and 105 wounded today when two car bombs and a bomb hidden in a plastic bag struck market districts in central Baghdad, police said.

A suicide truck bomber slammed into a crowd of police today near Tikrit, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50, police said.

Two bombs exploded seconds apart in a predominantly Shiite commercial area in central Baghdad today, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 156, said Iraqi police and Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamili.

At least 38 people have been killed in Iraq and dozens wounded when two bombs struck a predominantly Shiite commercial area in central Baghdad.

A car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in eastern Baghdad today, killing at least eight people and wounding 31.

Insurgents in western Iraq killed five US Marines and sliced the heads off three Iraqis, part of a group of 21 men whose bodies were found dumped in the desert near the Syrian border after being gagged and shot.

Five US Marines have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in western Iraq, the military said today.

The US military has said five Marines have been killed by a roadside bomb in western Iraq.

Three loud explosions rocked the Iraqi capital tonight, including a suicide car bomb which was detonated near a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding two, and a roadside bomb that injured four Iraqis, authorities said.

A car bomb exploded outside an Iraqi army base in central Baghdad today, killing six soldiers and wounding 25 others, officials said.

An explosion boomed across Iraq’s capital early today after a blast outside an Iraqi army base in the centre of the city.

A suicide driver detonated a car bomb today outside the offices of Iraq’s largest Shiite political party, killing three other people.

A large explosion was heard this morning in the centre of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and witnesses said the blast was caused by a car bomb near the offices of a leading Shiite political party.

A car bomber rammed into a US convoy today as American forces battled militants north of Baghdad, leaving at least 10 people dead.

A car bomb was rammed into a civilian convoy along Baghdad’s airport road today.