The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Prosecutors say Sean Dunnavant, 53, left behind his bicycle and cellphone during the botched robbery, helping investigators track him down and charge him with the murder of 66-year-old Salim Khamo on Oct. 17.

At the temple of Ninmakh, the Sumerian mother goddess, Iraqi archaeologists are using 7,000-year-old techniques to protect the monument, and the rest of the ancient city of Babylon, from salt seeping into its heart and destroying it from within.

Brian Glendinning’s family held a protest outside Holyrood on Thursday as they campaigned for his release.

Brian Glendinning' was arrested in Iraq on September 4 over a £20,000 debt to a Qatar bank.

Turkish police detained on Wednesday the head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), Sebnem Korur Fincanci, for allegedly "spreading terrorist group propaganda". Fincanci had confirmed allegations that the Turkish armed forces had used chemical weapons against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. An investigation was launched over statements…

Culture ministry puts artworks on display once again after destruction and theft wrought by successive conflicts

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the Assyrian Empire

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs and Chairman of the Public Investment Fund, announced on Wednesday that the Fund will establish five companies aimed at investing in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, and Sudan. The announcement follows the launch of…

After a year of political gridlock and instability, Iraq is finally on the verge of forming a government as Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani assembles his cabinet. But three years after a mass protest movement over corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services upended the country's political system, many…