Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has warned of an all-out civil war and even a regional conflict if U.S. troops begin withdrawing from Iraq.

A growing number of Republicans are breaking rank with President Bush on Iraq, with Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico the latest to call for a new strategy. Domenici's comments come as the Democratic-led Senate prepares to open debate on Iraq policy.

Quick troop withdrawal could lead to civil war and the collapse of the Iraqi state, Iraq’s foreign minister said and added that that the U.S. has a responsibility to build Iraqi forces so that they take over.

U.S. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a former U.S. soldier if he is found guilty of taking part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family.

The U.S. military says coalition forces have killed 35 militants in operations in Iraq.

Army personnel involved in the Iraqi invasion of 2003 have not absorbed dangerous levels of depleted uranium, finds research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Three months after his notorious blackout farewell from The Sopranos, actor James Gandolfini will return to Home Box Office (HBO) with a documentary about wounded US veterans of the Iraq war.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today strongly defended the Iraq invasion before the parliament's top oversight body, justifying his record in office a week before he steps down.

With its much-vaunted "surge" showing no signs of success and American casualties continuing to rise, the US military has begun to arm and equip sections of the Sunni insurgency, supposedly to fight against intransigent layers such as Al Qaeda-linked groups. Weapons, ammunition, cash, fuel and supplies are being provided to selected Sunni militia. This latest twist in the Pentagon's strategy in Iraq can only be construed as another sign of the Bush administration's desperation and crisis.

Candidates seeking to become the Republican Party's nominee for U.S. president in the 2008 elections have criticized President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war, but have rejected any swift withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country.

Democratic Party candidates for U.S. president have exchanged views on the Iraq conflict during their second live televised debate ahead of the November 2008 election.

U.S. President George W. Bush has met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Washington, and said the United States is "fully committed" to aiding the Iraqi government.