Iraq

Turkish helicopters strike Kurdish towns in northern Iraq

IraqBaghdad  - Turkish military planes struck several Kurdish towns in northern Iraq, while a US pilotl

32 killed in suicide-bomb attacks in Iraq, say witnesses

32 killed in suicide-bomb attacks in Iraq, say witnesses

Some 700 killed, 2,000 wounded in April in Iraq

Baghdad - IraqAt least 700 people were killed and 2,000 others wounded in Iraq in April, marking one of t

British journalist reveals his Iraq kidnap ordeal

Baghdad  -  A British journalist held hostage in Iraq for more than two months revealed that he was abducted by men wearing police uniforms and taken first to what appeared to be a police station.

Richard Butler, who works for the US television network CBS, was kidnapped with his interpreter in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on February 10 and was rescued by Iraqi troops on April 14.

Butler, 48, told the BBC he was staying at the Sultan Palace Hotel with his interpreter when he was woken up in the middle of the night by eight men clad as policemen and armed with AK-47s.

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq

Baghdad - IraqTwo US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the Iraqi capital, the US military said

Iraqi National Museum recovers 701 items looted after Saddam's overthrow

Nicosia, Apr 30: Saddam HusseinIraqi National Museum has recovered 701-looted artefacts l

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