Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.

Basra, in southern Iraq, contains much of the country’s oil wealth -- yet residents there are struggling just to survive. The city lacks basic services like clean water and reliable electricity ...

Basra's Mysterious CreaturesJuly 13, 2007 -- Something's afoot in Basra… Supposed sightings of a ferocious man-eating creature roaming the streets of the southern Iraqi city have been causing ...