Project Babylon was Gerald Bull’s outrageous attempt to build a supergun that could fire payloads toward space - and Saddam Hussein’s attempt to turn that dream into something far darker. In this ...

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The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation to be published in one volume. Ranging from the ...

Iraq's Ministry of Finance monthly spending data reveal significant disparities across governorates that extend beyond the ...

The State Company for Automotive Industry (SCAI) has finished assembling the first batch of 360 single-cabin Kia field vehicles.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gather to protest what they say is U.S. interference in Iraq’s ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed defiance Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw Washington’s support for Iraq if he returns to power.

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, has been nominated to the post by the main Shiite Muslim bloc in the Iraqi Parliament. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Washington President Trump on ...

President Trump on Tuesday warned that he would withdraw U.S. support for Iraq if the parliament reinstates Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister. In a post on the president’s social media site, Truth ...

There’s a certain anxiety in booking a ticket to a destination that your government insists you absolutely should not visit.

US President Donald Trump has warned Iraq over a reinstatement of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, saying that the country “descended into poverty and total chaos” under his previous leadership.

DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The United States, since its 2003 invasion of Iraq, has held effective control over the country's oil revenue dollars, giving Washington extraordinary leverage over Baghdad's ...