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The United States and Iraq have held contentious negotiations in recent months over the continued american military presence in Iraq. The aim was to work out what's called a "status of forces" agreement. But NPR has learned that Iraqi negotiators are now looking at other options.

A car bomb killed six civilians and wounded 14 other people in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

The United Arab Emirates canceled all its Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad by naming a new ambassador.

Negotiations have stalled between the U.S. and Iraq over the future role of american troops there. The so-called "status of forces agreement" is in trouble — and Iraqi leaders are considering alternative proposals. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro in Baghdad speaks to host Andrea Seabrook about the dispute.

The U.S. is using satellites in Iraq — but not just to spy on its enemies, the insurgents; Americans are also monitoring their allies, the Iraqi army. John Pike, of GlobalSecurity.org, talks to Andrea Seabrook about the strategy.

AP - Iraqi police and medical officials say a bomb has killed the head of a U.S.-allied Sunni group south of Baghdad.

The Emirates says it is cancelling the entire debt owed to it by Iraq, a sum of almost $7bn (£3.5bn) including interest.