Protesters in Basra, Iraq, have torched the Iranian consulate and nearly every government building in the city.

Iraq is hosting the Arabian Gulf Cup soccer tournament for the first time since 1979, seeking to turn the page on decades of violence, instability and isolation.

The Gulf Cup, the first international soccer tournament Iraq had hosted in more than four decades is about to kick off in the southern city of Basra.

Massive celebrations erupted across Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon following what Tehran calls a decisive victory over the Israeli regime. From Azadi Square in Tehran to Basra in southern Iraq and Beirut in ...

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor.

Protests continued for a second day in Iraq over the burning of a Quran in Sweden. Some called on Iraqi authorities to expel the Swedish ambassador.

Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's fortified Green Zone Saturday following reports an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen.

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of followers of a firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric rallied in major cities in Iraq on Friday, condemning the burning of a Quran during a protest in Sweden earlier this ...

Fireworks light up the sky over the Basra International Stadium during the opening ceremony ahead of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup's first match between Iraq and Oman in Basra, Iraq on January 06.

To honor an Army helicopter pilot from Colville who was killed in Iraq last week, Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff Tuesday. Chief Warrant Officer ...

Fireworks light up the sky over the Basra International Stadium during the opening ceremony ahead of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup's first match between Iraq and Oman in Basra, Iraq on January 06.