Babylon was once the center of the world — the birthplace of empires, religion, writing, trade, and human civilization itself. Kings ruled here thousands of years before Rome even existed. The ...

Then suddenly, each person’s ego—the desire to enjoy at the expense of others—began to grow rapidly, as symbolized by the story of the Tower of Babel. This saw the emergence of destructive competition ...

Some places are so old, that you can't help but be curious about them. The history, what they've been able to withstand, the ...

The Trump administration had halted the deliveries as part of its efforts to pressure the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran. By Raja Abdulrahim and Falih Hassan The United States has ...

Iliman Ndiaye celebrates with team-mates after scoring his team's fifth against Iraq Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images Senegal secured third place in FIFA World Cup Group I with an emphatic 5-0 ...

OPEC’s second-largest producer, Iraq, is considering exiting the cartel if the organization rejects Baghdad’s plan to boost its oil production quota in line with some of the other members, sources in ...

As charge d’affaires of the United States embassy in Iraq some years ago, I shocked US and Iraqi officials when I said the US Federal Reserve should end the shipment of US banknotes resulting from ...

Iraq is OPEC's second-largest producer Iraq's economy under strain after Hormuz disruption Iraqi exit would be a blow to the oil exporters' group OPEC was founded in the Iraqi capital Baghdad BAGHDAD, ...

France arrived at the FIFA World Cup 2026 carrying the expectations that inevitably follow one of international football’s modern powerhouses. World champions in 1998 and 2018, runners-up in both 2006 ...

Iraq holds oil production capacity of 4.9 million bpd, IEA says Country seeking longer-term expansion to about 7 million bpd Iraq weighed leaving OPEC amid output push Iraq is OPEC's second-largest ...

Philadelphia, United States — The first time Ali Alkabasi saw Iraq play at a World Cup was on television when he was 13 years old. Forty years later, he was inside the Philadelphia Stadium as his ...

Iraq seeks a higher output quota from OPEC and warns it could leave the group if demands are not met, Reuters reported. As the second-largest oil exporter in the group, any such move would deal a ...