Jalal Talabani

• Death Penalty Fuels Violence in Iraq, Says UN Report

  Iraq should stop its widespread use of the death penalty, which is unjust, flawed and only fuels the violence it purports to deter, the United Nations said in a report on Sunday.

• Iraq's New President Masum: Thinker and Fighter

  Quiet and bookish, Iraq's president-elect Fuad Masum is different from jocular incumbent Jalal Talabani, but sharp political skills forged in the long battle for Kurdish self-determination are common to both.

• Iraq: 60 Dead in Attack on Prisoner Convoy

  Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad on Thursday, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials said.

• Iraq President Jalal Talabani Returns After Long Absence

  President Jalal Talabani returned to Iraq on Saturday for the first time since he suffered a stroke a year and a half ago and was flown abroad for medical treatment, state television said.

• Iraq President to Return After 18 Months: Statement

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany for medical treatment since December 2012, will return home on Saturday, his party said in a statement on Friday.

• Ailing Iraq president to be treated in Germany

  Iraq's ailing President Jalal Talabani, a key politician who sought to bridge political and sectarian divides, will be flown to Germany for specialist treatment after a reported stroke, his office said on Wednesday.

• Iraq President hospitalized after suffering stroke

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among the country's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government sources said.

• Iraq's President Jalal Talabani hospitalised

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has been a key player in mediating during the country's political crisis, was hospitalised in Baghdad because of a "health emergency" late Monday night, his office said.