The statue, titled Kneeling Before Iran, shows the emperor grovelling before Persian king Shapur I. Where did this imagery ...

In the Libyan city of Sabha, known as the “Bride of the South,” authorities dismantled three terrorist networks in August, ...

From gilded palace gates and formidable city entrances to pretty portals into sacred places, we take a look at the most ...

Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, was considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history. He died at age 84 on Monday ...

Donald Trump has ordered the US Department of War to be ready for fast military action in Nigeria. Taking to social media, ...

The attack, the deadliest in six months, is likely to heighten tensions as Iraq grapples with a political crisis and more than a month of protests in Sunni-majority areas that have hardened opposition ...

A Long Island town says its resistance to the expansion of a local mosque is based on traffic and public safety, but mosque leaders believe it's much more than that and have concerns over Islamophobia ...

A contentious battle is brewing in Dearborn, Michigan, over a mosque's use of an outdoor loudspeaker for its call to prayer. One resident spoke at Tuesday's city council meeting, presenting a signed ...

Iraq has boosted its oil exports as part of the gradual rollback of voluntary production cuts agreed under the OPEC+ alliance, the country’s state oil marketer SOMO confirmed on Sunday. According to ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul’s Old City Monday, eight years after the ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings and shops in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2017 (AP photo by Felipe Dana). Eight years after the Islamic State destroyed it, the 850-year-old al-Nuri ...