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Iran is entering one of the most difficult moments in its history. The alliances it had built across the region are falling apart, Western sanctions have returned and its rivals are gaining ground. As Tehran tries to hold on to partners and protect its borders, it is discovering how sharply…

We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The…

Mourners gathered Monday in Iran's capital to honor the unknown soldiers killed in the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered from former battlefields.

Iraq is one game away from soccer’s 2026 World Cup in North America and its veteran coach Graham Arnold senses a little pressure and a huge achievement ahead

Great and good pay tribute in Washington but honouring of former vice-president was an exercise in omission

Cheney was a pivotal figure after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and throughout the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

WORLD CUP 2026 : Scenes of celebration and anguish across the globe highlighted how the World Cup retains a special ‘magic’ - even as those emotions are being used by wider forces, writes Miguel Delaney

The veteran self-published a book in 2020 and legally changed his name three years later, saying there are ‘events in my life that I don’t understand’

After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, the last two AFC hopefuls meet in Basra – here's how to watch Iraq vs UAE online and on TV today.

Iraqis went to the polls on November 11 to vote in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results put the coalition of Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in the lead. But no bloc has won anything close to a governing majority in the 329-seat parliament.

Iraqi election officials have announced preliminary results for Iraq’s parliamentary elections, showing traditional powers still dominate their regions