A Tale of Two Cities In the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: ...

“Throughout history, Baghdad and Damascus have been the capitals of the Arab and Islamic world, sharing knowledge, culture and economy,” he said. Strengthening the partnership between the two ...

Iraqi authorities have warned of a potential resurgence of the 2014 scenario. Baghdad has taken steps to repatriate its citizens from the camp, but thousands remain, fueling concerns that ...

A Longstanding Dispute Over Kurdish Salaries Wilson’s remarks come amid an ongoing financial dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad. The Iraqi federal ... These banks are ...

It describes ninth-century rivalries, including a singer-musician called Ziryab, who fell out of favour in the court in Baghdad and fled to Cordoba in Muslim al-Andalus. He brought his knowledge ...

Golden Ace won the Mares' Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham last year Golden Ace was a shock 25-1 winner of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham after previous victors Constitution Hill and State Man fell ...

As Shakespeare put it, we all have our entrances and our exits on this grand stage we call life, and now researchers have identified the specific point in middle-age when our brain cells show the ...

BASRA, Iraq, March 10 (Reuters) - After the U.S. moved to block Iraq's imports of electricity from Iran, Baghdad is looking to Qatar and Oman as possible options should Washington do the same ...

A popular pastime among Americans of a certain age is to wage an internal debate about when to claim Social Security: At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? In purely monetary terms, as it turns out ...

By Richard Sandomir Fred Stolle, a popular Hall of Fame Australian tennis player who won 19 Grand Slam titles, including two singles championships, during a golden age in the sport for his ...