Use of live fire reported for first time in latest wave of demonstrations as protesters rally against corruption, high unemployment

Officials say groups decided to join state security forces without prior coordination to assist PM Abdul Mahdi

As death toll nears 100, demonstrators demand reforms to battle corruption and soaring unemployment

Demonstrators clash with police defying curfews, tear gas and live fire amid an internet blackout, as they rage against corruption and unemployment

PM orders curfew on Baghdad as popular demonstrations against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment spread across the country

Benchmark crude prices go up by $10, a percentage climb unseen since 1991 Gulf War, amid the worst disruption to world supplies on record

Israel's ImageSat International releases pictures of weapons depot in southern Baghdad controlled by a pro-Iranian militia; attack has been blamed on Israel

Foreign Minister says his country will 'stand by' its neighbor, declares US economic sanctions 'unnecessary' and cause suffering to Iranians