At least 22 killed in bomb and suicide attacks in Iraq

Detonation of car bomb at checkpoint near al-Nukhaib kills at least seven soldiers

Iranian nuclear talks extended for seven months

Iran and six powers failed for a second time this year to resolve 12-year dispute

Israel bombs Syrian posts over Golan attack on its troops

Benjamin Netanyahu says ‘we hurt those who hurt us’ but further escalation unlikely

Baghdad bomb attack kills 9

Attack comes as Iraqi army threatens to launch major assault on city of Falluja

Suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad

Atttack comes day after prime minister pledged to eradicate al-Qaeda

Police and pilgrims targetted as Iraq bombs kill 19

Blasts occurred near Tikrit and Baquba as Shi’ite Muslim religious festival came to an end

Iranian minister ‘shot dead’ in Tehran

State news agency says Safdar Rahmat Abadi wounded in head and chest as he got into car

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for Iraq bombings

Hundreds killed in recent attacks in worst sectarian bloodshed for at least five years

23 people killed across Iraq including five soldiers and child

Twenty people killed by car bomb in south Beirut

Sunni Islamist group claims responsibility and promises more operations against Hezbollah

More than 1,000 killed in Iraq in May, UN says

Increased bloodshed renews fears of a return to civil war

Series of Iraq bombs kills at least 27

Six blasts in Baghdad and Kirkuk injure more than 100

Bombs kill at least 50 on anniversary of Iraq invasion

Attacks target mainly Shia areas 10 years after US troops swept into Iraq