New York - The United Nations on Thursday strongly condemned the suicide bombing in northern Iraq that killed 45 people and wounded close to 90 others as Muslims gathered on the last day of the hol
New York - International contractors have brought more than 1,000 foreign workers to Baghdad's international airport without proper legal labour protection, the United Nations office in Iraq (UNAMI) said Thursday.
The workers are stranded in the airport, prompting charges of human trafficking, UNAMI said.
"UNAMI takes the allegations of human trafficking by contractors in Iraq very seriously and is concerned about their predicament," said Stefan de Mistura, the UN envoy for Iraq.
Baghdad - US forces in Iraq and the Iraqi government agreed to release or transfer detained Iraqis in US-run prisons from the beginning of 2009, the US military said in a statement on Thursday.
Every month US forces will transfer to Iraqi authorities about 1500 detainees. The two parties have formed a mutual committee to supervise the transfer.
Files of detainees will be reviewed by Iraqi authorities to decide on the future of prisoners. Some detainees will be freed, while others will be transferred to Iraqi prisons.
Baghdad - US forces in Iraq killed a man suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda and arrested 18 other suspects Wednesday, the US military said.
US forces made the arrests during a crackdown on al-Qaeda militants in central Iraq.
Meanwhile, in the city of Talafar in Nineveh province, Iraqi police extended a curfew on the city after rumors that two explosive-laden cars had entered the city.
The police imposed the curfew on Monday, the first day of the Muslim feast Eid al-Adha, the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported.
London - Britain is to withdraw most of its troops stationed in Basra by the end of June, a British news report said Wednesday. edition.
Quoting sources in the Defence Ministry, the Guardian newspaper said in its Wednesday edition that only about 300 soldiers are to remain in the southern Iraqi port city at the request of Iraq.
After six years of occupation, the British will begin to leave Basra by March, the paper said.
"It'll be very gradual, and then a fairly steep reduction," one source was quoted as saying.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce the timetable for the withdrawal early next year.
New York - International contractors have brought more than 1,000 foreign workers to Baghdad's international airport without proper legal labour protection, the United Nations office in Iraq (UNAMI) said Thursday.
Baghdad - At least 20 people were killed and another 30 were injured in
Baghdad - US forces in Iraq and the Iraqi government agreed to release or transfer detained Iraqis in US-run prisons from the beginning of 2009, the US military said in a statement on Thursday.
Baghdad - US forces in Iraq killed a man suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda and arrested 18 other suspects Wednesday, the US military said.
