Iraq

The Iraqi Foreign Minister will be in New Zealand on Friday for talks to help decide whether this country sends military trainers to the Middle East to help in the fight against Islamic State. Audio

There is a perception at the highest levels in the United States that New Zealand is already on the ground training the Iraqi army. Audio

The Iraqi Foreign Minister will be in New Zealand on Friday for talks to help decide whether to send military trainers to help in the fight against Islamic State. Audio

American Sniper is breaking box office records in the United States and around the world. And it has divided the public and critics alike between those who see the biopic's central character Chris… Audio

Dr. Lina Khatib is the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on… Audio

Jamie Dettmer looks at the changing face of global jihad. The threat of foreign jihadist fighters and what the West is trying to do about it, Where does Obama's policy go now in Syria and Iraq. Audio

At least 20 Australians have been killed fighting alongside militants in Iraq and Syria as key battlegrounds are transformed into "graveyards'' for gullible foreign fighters duped by Islamic State. Audio

The Defence Minister has been repeatedly questioned today, about whether or not army units are preparing to be sent to Iraq. Audio

The Labour Party says the weak state of the Iraqi government, and therefore its army, would make training its soldiers more dangerous for New Zealand troops. Audio

The Labour Party says the government has failed to provide any justification for sending New Zealand soldiers to Iraq. Audio

The Prime Minister John Key is playing down the risk to any troops sent to Iraq, saying they'd be less exposed than the SAS were leading crisis response units in Afganistan. Audio

The Prime Minister has spelt out what he sees as the level of danger to any troops sent to Iraq, acknowledging there's always a risk of so-called 'green on blue' attacks, when the soldiers being… Audio

John Key raises possibility of New Zealand soldiers training Iraqi soldiers in a joint ANZAC badged unit. How would this work and is Mr Key tapping into sentimentality about ANZACs to sell the idea of… Audio

Donatella Rovera is Amnesty International's Senior Crisis Response Adviser, conducting human rights investigations in Iraq. Audio

Overseas now, and US - led airstrikes have targeted the Islamic State's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in an Iraqi town near the Syrian border. Audio

The Defence Minister and Prime Minister appear to be at odds over whether the SAS could be sent to Iraq. Audio

Tomorrow, Prime Minister John Key will outline our contribution to international efforts against IS in Iraq. One man with experience on the ground in Iraq is Pete Kara. He was a specialist advisor to… Audio

The Iraqi government says more than 300 Sunni tribesmen have been executed in Anbar province in recent days by extremists fighting for Islamic State. Audio

The Government's plan for social housing and N.Z.'s involvement in Iraq. Audio

New Zealand's BurgerFuel has pulled its only store out of Iraq because of the developing threat of Islamic State. The Auckland-based franchise has 26 stores in the Middle East and was planning to… Audio