Kemune Palace was part of the mysterious Mittani Empire that ruled Syria and northern Mesopotamia thousands of years ago.

An astronaut’s snapshot reveals the colorful remnants of Iraq's Razazah Lake, with algae-rich red and green areas indicative ...

While Iraq is safe for tourists in many regions, it's wise to stay informed about local conditions and steer clear of ...

Africa is a very popular place for getwaways nowadays, as Brits seek to go somewhere else other than the usual European destinations. Just across the Mediteranean is a seaside city that has been ...

So when National Geographic published its annual Best Places to Travel report for 2025 ... offers some of the country's most beautiful views. Visitors can travel to it by boat or helicopter.

He added: Border security and ensuring that holy places and minorities and different races are not desecrated are important to us. If Iraq's borders are targeted, we will not stand by. Shakir added: ...

Two attempts to assassinate Pope Francis when he made a historic visit to northern Iraq were foiled by British spies and police inside the country, Francis has revealed in his new autobiography.

His mother, however, does, down to the names of all the prison guards. Under Iraq’s Saddam Hussein regime, Kurdish people were systematically persecuted and Hasan’s family was from the Kurdish ...

All of which makes us very excited to be launching our debut Best Places to Eat list, our global guide to the destinations to travel to in the year ahead—entirely for the food. Selected by our ...

According to excerpts of his upcoming autobiography, suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq, but were killed before striking. Italian daily Corriere della Sera on ...

The trip to Iraq in March 2021 was the first by a pope and took place as the COVID pandemic continued. The northern city of Mosul had been the headquarters of Islamic State militants, whose ...