The Latest Breaking News from Baghdad

Gamers the world over will be familiar with the incredibly detailed historic cityscapes the Assassin’s Creed franchise has produced so far. Following earlier forays into ancient Damascus and Athens, the forthcoming instalment, Mirage, takes players into ninth-century Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid caliphate.

A massive fire has turned a wedding into a tragedy, and authorities say the death toll may still rise.

The men confessed to the murder, saying they kidnapped the American for ransom but did not mean to kill him.

Over the past few months, temperatures in Iraq have reached 50 degrees Celsius and water levels in the country’s rivers are dropping fast. Despite having two big rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, Iraq suffers from desertification and there are concerns about the water disappearing - mainly from Iranian and Turkish…

Baghdad calls on people with information about burial sites of missing persons from the Gulf War to come forward.

Turkish FM discussed oil exports blocked by Turkey in March after a longstanding arbitration case filed by Baghdad.

Turkey says PKK is a threat to Iraqi security, ignoring Baghdad’s complaints about Ankara’s air attacks on Iraqi soil.

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Iraqi and United Nations officials have marked the 20th anniversary of a deadly attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad