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After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of ...

Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as ...

Faced with a sharp drop in international aid for education and uneven funding for culture and sciences, UNESCO is sounding the alarm and calling on ...

THE first ever bombshell footage of the infamous “Mosul orb” UFO captured by a US spy plane in Iraq has now been released.

A herd of water buffalo swim past a fishing boat in the Shatt al-Arab river north of the southern Iraq city of Basra. The Shatt al-Arab, which flows from the presumed biblical site of the Garden of ...

When Mark Wilson returned home from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan, the City of Winkler did something I had never ...

Museums, foundations and art centers are vying to attract vacationers with a wealth of offerings, giving them the chance to ...

In his fourth documentary, Bernard-Henri Lévy chronicles the everyday heroism of Ukrainians—and holds out hope even Americans ...

The biggest amount went to Iraq, where the World Bank approved $930 million to help improve the country’s railway infrastructure, boost domestic trade and create jobs.

The World Bank announced Wednesday that it will invest over $1.3 billion to improve the quality of life in three war-torn ...

Iraq will benefit from a $930 million package aimed at revamping its railway system, boosting trade, creating employment opportunities, and supporting economic diversification.