A German arts curator who was kidnapped earlier this week was freed Friday by Iraqi security forces, security and government officials said. Hella Mewis was freed at 6:25 a.m. local time (0325 GMT) in an operation outside the capital Baghdad in which security forces raided a location based...

Shares worldwide skidded further Friday as a pick-up in US and European business activity did little to ease investors' jitters surrounding Sino-US tensions, while gold kept marching toward a record high as it broke above $1,9000 an ounce. The mood darkened after Beijing ordered Washington...

Every chapter of Iraq’s modern history can be seen in the sprawling cemetery of Wadi al-Salam outside the holy city of Najaf. Its sandy expanse is growing, this time with coronavirus victims. A special burial ground near the cemetery has been created specifically for COVID-19 victims...

The US said Thursday it had intercepted an Iranian passenger plane as it flew over Syria, after Iranian state television accused Israel of being behind the encounter. US Central Command, which oversees US operations in the Middle East, said an "F-15 on a routine air mission... conducted a...