In Iraq’s marshlands, a constructed wetland pilot uses reeds to treat wastewater -restoring ecosystems, improving water ...

PROFESSOR DASARATH CHETTY traces the unbroken line of American expansionism from 19th century land grabs through economic imperialism to modern-day Trumpism in 2026. He argues that while rhetoric has ...

President Donald Trump threatened to end U.S. support for Iraq if Nouri Kamal al-Maliki returns to power, the latest ...

Iran and its militia allies say they will respond aggressively in the region if attacked. A U.S. aircraft carrier and ...

Yemen's Houthi rebels hinted at resuming attacks on Red Sea shipping. Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah also issued a threat on Sunday, ...

The threats came as the USS Abraham Lincoln and guided-missile destroyers arrived to “promote regional security and stability ...

New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with ...

During a reunion at Habonim Dror’s Camp Tavor in Chicago, a woman approached Michelle Azar and told her she had a fascinating life story. Azar jokingly replied, “I have a show about it – ‘From Baghdad ...

Folklore suggests the weather on New Year's Day, from rain to sunshine, can predict luck and prosperity for the year ahead. Many traditions involve specific foods, such as eating black-eyed peas for ...

Want to make sure you start 2026 on the right foot? Besides fireworks and New Year’s Day polar plunges, the weather on Jan. 1 is said to hold clues about your year ahead. Rain, snow, sunshine or wind ...

Folklore suggests the weather on New Year's Day, from rain to sunshine, can predict luck and abundance for the year ahead. Many traditions, such as eating black-eyed peas for prosperity and pork for ...

A 17th-century map of Mesopotamia, which housed the Assyrian empire -- and the beginnings of modern capitalism. Breuning Von Buchenbach Hans Jacob - 1612/Picryl. We think of ancient civilisations as ...