Archaeologists say they've found "the very first material evidence of the very first empire in the world" in 4,000-year-old ...

Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists - The administrative tablets give a rare ...

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The recent discovery of an inscribed clay tablet at the site of an ancient city near modern Baghdad has made possible the translation of a 3,500-year-old agricultural handbook ...

Government has built about 200 corrugated iron houses near the Baghdad informal settlement, however, the residents are refusing to move, calling the houses 'tin fish shacks'. Some of the newly ...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, known for promoting the rule of law, returned to Baghdad Tuesday for the first time in more than two years despite ongoing security threats.