A new skatepark has opened in Baghdad, the first in the Iraqi capital. The park, which was opened by three organisations from Italy, Iraq and Belgium after lengthy negotiations, now provides a welcome ...

Terrorist fighters with ISIL/Da'esh invaded Iraq's second city of Mosul in 2014, destroying centuries-old landmarks in a bid to erase its history and impose a bleak and repressive future on the nearly ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural monuments. Some historic buildings are now opening after reconstruction.

Now, with UN support, Mosul has risen from the ashes of war and its historic monuments which had been reduced to rubble, dot the skyline once again. The devastating nine-month-long battle to liberate ...

HE’S gone from soap star, to an award-winning documentary maker and even a gameshow host – but Ross Kemp happily admits he owes it all to his big break on EastEnders. And it’s because the ...

Enter: Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), an Iraq-ish striver who came to California in the hopes of becoming a famous Hollywood actress ... more to say than any of the people trying to act their way out ...

Five men went on trial in France on Monday charged with holding four French journalists hostage for the Islamic State jihadist group in war-torn Syria more than a decade ago.IS emerged in 2013 in the ...

At the start of his first term, President Donald Trump filled several top jobs with retired generals — high-ranking veterans ...

Whether or not it is proper to go by one’s English name is not a question that can be answered in a vacuum. Whatever the case, I would strongly recommend choosing names that express high and traditi ...

The play, like the film, recounts the real-life story of CBS news journalist Edward R. Murrow's legendary exposé on Senator ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

The Rhode Island National Guard has "dual" responsibilities, to both state and nation, in a challenging new time for ...