The main challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday’s presidential election is a relatively unknown candidate who says he joined the race to save Iran from his opponent’s “destructive” policies. Mir Hossein Mousavi,...

Iraq plans to arrest 1,000 officials for corruption after a scandal which has forced the resignation of the Trade Minister and is threatening the food supply of millions of Iraqis. Corruption at the Trade Ministry is an important issue in Iraq...

Fighting between security forces and Shi’ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday. Britain responded to renewed violence in the southern city...

There are no current plans to reduce the number of British troops based in Iraq, Defence Secretary Des Browne is expected to tell MPs. Hopes to reduce the number of soldiers from the current total of 4,100 may have been dashed by recent fighting in...