The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

Archaeologists in northern France have discovered a vast Bronze and Iron Age settlement that may once have been a regional ...

An immigrant and her family are sharing the incredible story of their long battle to get her to the United States from ...

The Pentagon's auditorium brimmed with emotion today as military leaders, veterans and families gathered to honor retired ...

Played during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the game first appeared as early as the 16th century in Ottoman-era ...

In a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game ...

These 4,000-year-old tablets, uncovered at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu (modern-day Tello), reveal everything ... Board ...

The central Baghdad square where Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is about to give a speech on tourism is surrounded by exactly the kinds of historic buildings tourists will want to see ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

The Mongols stormed Baghdad in 1258, leaving the mighty Abbasid Caliphate in ruins. A city once known for its wealth and knowledge was reduced to ashes in a brutal conquest. Voting ends in ...

Baghdad likely faces some pressure from Washington ... Iran now appears to be trying the old Turkish approach. However, like Ankara, it has many problems with its neighbors.

Baghdad, known as The City of Peace by Arabs, became Iraq's capital in the early 1920s and has a population of around five million people. The Tigris River roughly bisects the vast city ...