Baghdad was cloaked in its familiar shroud of darkness when, in early October, I walked the al-Shuhada Bridge across the Tigris—more a ritual for me than a pastime. Long before Walter Benjamin ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A motorcyclist died following a crash on South Bagdad Road at Still Meadow Drive on Monday evening, according to the Leander Police Department. Officers responded to the 1200 block of ...

LEANDER, Texas — A motorcyclist is dead following a crash on South Bagdad Road at Still Meadow Drive in Leander on Monday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., officers responded to the 1200 block of South Bagdad ...

Baghdad International Airport reopened Thursday after a 12-hour halt due to bad weather, the transport ministry said. Authorities announced at around 12:30 am (2130 GMT) they had temporarily shut ...

Rajiv Joseph’s tale of a captive animal that returns from the dead after the 2003 invasion is bracingly unconventional There is an exciting wildness to the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s surreal ...

UPDATE (9:39 a.m.): Old Bagdad Highway in Santa Rosa County has reopened, according to a Santa Rosa County news release. The road was closed this morning between Galt City Road/Parkmore Plaza and Rice ...

Since Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's government came to power three years ago following a serious political crisis, Iraq has been experiencing one of the calmest and most stable periods of ...

A candidate for Iraq’s upcoming legislative elections was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in northern Baghdad, the capital’s security forces said Wednesday. A bomb exploded after midnight under ...

Cranes sprout above the Baghdad skyline. The shriek of electric saws echoes across the city. Under the heavy summer sun, workers lay a new pavement outside a chic fromagerie. Baghdad is enjoying a ...

At least one police officer was killed and 14 fighters detained after a gun battle erupted in Iraq’s capital with members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a state-sanctioned paramilitary ...

Iraq’s Ministry of Transport and the General Company for Airport & Air Navigation Services have released a tender inviting firms to bid for a contract to develop Baghdad International airport on a ...

Shakir Hassan Al Said, 'Letters,' 1961. Oil, gesso, cotton, linen canvas, 94.2 cm x 82 cm x 2.5 cm. At first glance, it would be difficult to discern this artwork as coming from Arab origins, and not ...