Downing Street declined today to discuss the UK's contingency plans in the event of a military confrontation between Israel and Iran, amid reports that ministers have asked law officers to examine whether any British involvement would be legal.

Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north, killing at least 30 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month.

In a rare show of unity, Iran and the world's big powers hailed their first nuclear meeting in more than a year as a key step towards further negotiations meant to ease international fears that Tehran may weaponise its nuclear programme.

We are told that big girls don't cry, but we know that master golfers do. Bubba Watson's uncontrollable sobbing when he holed the putt that won him the US Masters was quite something. First his caddy, and then his mother, offered a strong shoulder for Bubba to blub on, the emotional release of victory after four days of toiling proving too much for him.

A terror suspect has come a step closer to returning to the UK after winning a Court of Appeal battle against the Government's decision to strip him of his British nationality.

Al-Qa'ida's front group in Iraq claimed yesterday that it was behind a wave of attacks that killed 46 people across the country on Tuesday.

A torrent of bombings and shootings ripped across eight Iraqi cities today targeting police and Shiite pilgrims and killing 46 people.

Simultaneous early morning attacks across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozens more yesterday, in one of the bloodiest days of violence since US troops pulled out in December.

Simultaneous early morning attacks on mostly Shi'ite targets across Iraq killed at least 60 people and wounded dozen today in one of the bloodiest days of violence since U.S. troops pulled out in mid-December.

It's always heartening when a drama finds a way to hint at backstory without having someone just sit down and dictate the character notes at you.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in south-eastern Baghdad today, killing at least 28 people in the latest brazen attack since the US troop withdrawal, officials said.

Five years after Glasgow man's death in Iraq, his family can finally start their grieving

Two car bombs apparently targeted at the Shiite community have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens in Baghdad.

A roadside bomb has killed two Shiite pilgrims and wounded eight south of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.