MOSUL, Iraq — For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017.

Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), supported by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), carried out precision airstrikes near Kirkuk, Iraq, on January 31, killing five ISIS operatives. Post-strike clearance ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists said undermines ...

The Tulsa Artists’ Coalition’s solo exhibition for February might well be titled “Around the World with Candacee White” because the multimedia artist has combined materials from 80 ...

In early December, the URA booked the Grand Kyiv Ballet to perform “Swan Lake” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8. Tickets went on sale right before Christmas and all 350 available tickets had been sold by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Boys sit next to a mural of Shiite clerics Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, left, and Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, right ...

“Mystic Familiar,” a New York City Ballet premiere, has a score by the musician Dan Deacon and some all-too-familiar sentiments. By Brian Seibert Justin Peck’s newest work for New York City ...

Cricketing fans worldwide are set to celebrate as South African icon AB de Villiers announces his long-awaited return to the sport after nearly four years. De Villiers, revered as one of the most ...

It has been well known that Hezbollah received support from Iran’s regime; however, Hezbollah’s links to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are not always as public. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim ...

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was in Baghdad on Sunday where he met top officials and called for a joint fight against the PKK and Daesh, two terrorist groups threatening both neighbors, and for Iraq’s ...

Iraq looms as a complex test for the new Trump administration. Will it be a hawk that pries loose a weakened Iran's grip or an isolationist that withdraws the remaining American troops, whose ...