The marriage between Europe and the United States has been fraught from the first—and now it might be coming apart.

It all went off without a hitch. Donald Trump's huge, beautiful, helicopter coup of 2026. After two years of bungling pretty ...

Gunfire tore through Tehran as armed militias flooded the Iranian capital after dark, turning residential streets into ...

A viral video of a mob attacking a teenage girl in Basra lays bare the devastating decline of women’s rights in Iraq over 30 ...

Discriminatory laws and poor enforcement foster victim-blaming and harmful stereotypes, enabling impunity for perpetrators in League of Arab States countries. Various forms of sexual violence are not ...

Senator Mark Kelly and former United States Representative Gabby Giffords have been married for nearly 20 years.

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.” Baghdad’s bridal industry has seen a massive boom since ...

Iraq has become a strategic battleground between Western powers and China–Russia. China has deeply entrenched itself in Iraq’s energy and infrastructure, controlling about a third of proven reserves ...

Jon Stewart accused the Trump administration of giving him Iraq War déjà vu over their reasoning for the looming conflict with Venezuela. The comedian addressed the “eerie” similarities between the ...

Iraq kept its 2026 World Cup hopes alive by beating the United Arab Emirates 3-2 on aggregate after a dramatic stoppage-time penalty Tuesday in Asian qualifying. Amir Al-Ammari's penalty in the 17th ...

Football fans around the globe will have their eyes fixed this Tuesday on the intense showdown between Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, as the return leg of the Asian play-off for the 2026 World Cup ...

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