This Middle East country was once the hub of the Abbasid Caliphate and a centre of knowledge until the 15th century.

The death toll continued to rise Friday in the wake of dangerous flooding and the aftermath of a relentless tornado outbreak ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

Photos published by the U.S. Navy show the Nimitz was operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which is the U.S. Third Fleet's ...