Six Italians are feared dead from an explosion that rocked the headquarters of the Italian police in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriyah today.

An explosion rocked the headquarters of the Italian police in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriyah today and there could be some injuries, officials said

AN interim authority could be up and running in Iraq within weeks, senior US officials said yesterday.

A CAR exploded in an apparent suicide attack at a special operations checkpoint in western Iraq killing three coalition soldiers, a pregnant woman and the car’s driver, the US Central Command said yesterday.

US Marines today shot dead an unarmed Iraqi at a checkpoint hours after seven women and children were killed by American troops who fired at a van which failed to stop in southern Iraq.