A suicide bomber detonated his car near a checkpoint outside the offices of Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari’s Islamic Dawa Party today, killing one guard and injuring at least one more.

Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani was sworn in as Iraq’s interim president of Iraq today, capping a career spent opposing overthrown dictator Saddam Hussein.

ITALY is to start withdrawing its troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced last night.

A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up at a Shi-ite mosque during a funeral in Mosul yesterday, killing at least 30 people.

Gunmen shot dead five policemen in a drive-by shooting in the Iraqi capital today, one day after authorities said they’d found dozens of corpses – some bullet-riddled, others beheaded – at two sites in the insurgent-wracked country.

Rebels launched a series of attacks in Iraq today that left at least 24 people dead and dozens wounded as the country took its first major step toward forming a government whose most crucial task will be dealing with the insurgency.

Rebels launched a series of attacks in Iraq today, killing 16 people and wounding dozens more as the country took its first major step toward forming a government whose most crucial task will be dealing with the insurgency.

SIX police officers were killed and 15 wounded in car bomb attacks on Iraq’s security services, as political factions wrangled over putting together a government.

Interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen as his Shiite ticket’s candidate for Iraq’s next prime minister today, after Ahmad Chalabi dropped his bid.

THE contest for Iraq's next prime minister narrowed yesterday after French-educated finance minister Adel Abdul Mahdi stood down from consideration within the Shi'ite alliance that won the most votes in the elections.

Gunmen killed an Iraqi journalist working for a US-funded television station and his son as they left their home today in the southern city of Basra.

A SHI’ITE official yesterday announced a 228-candidate coalition backed by leading Shi’ite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to contest Iraq’s January 30 elections.

THE US military struck a suspected terror network for the third time in a week in Iraq yesterday.

The US military struck a suspected terror network for a third time in a week in Iraq today, firing precision weapons at an alleged safehouse of the group believed behind coordinated attacks that killed more than 100 people this week.