The renovated Al-Mutanabbi Street is the historic heart of the book trade and an outlet for writers and intellectuals in the Iraqi capital - Copyright AFP Sabah ARAR ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - "We have a saying: Cairo writes. Beirut prints. Baghdad reads," says Abdul-Wahab Mizher al-Radi, proprietor of the House of Scientific Books, one of countless bookshops crammed ...

BAGHDAD -- Vivian Odishu's face bears no resemblance to the portrait of a glowing young bride on the wall, taken just 18 months ago. Her left eye is a crooked slit, her cheek is stitched and swollen.

BAGHDAD — Three or more explosions Monday ripped through a busy shopping district in northern Baghdad's Adhamiyah neighborhood, at killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 68. North of Baghdad ...

Iraq's capital city is already seeing record heat — up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A report predicts more 120-plus degree days to come. And the... Baghdad is already pretty hot. And it's likely to get ...

Two near-simultaneous bombings targeted a crowded downtown Baghdad coffee shop and nearby restaurant, killing at least 23 people and wounding 26, according to police and hospital officials. The blasts ...

BAGHDAD -- A silence has fallen upon Mutanabi Street. In the buttery sunlight, faded billboards hang from old buildings. Iron gates seal entrances to bookstores and stationery shops. On this Friday, ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Baghdad residents are snapping up pistols and hunting rifles; trenches and sandbagged gun positions are multiplying. Militiamen loyal to Saddam Hussein say they're ready for a fight ...

Baghdad is already pretty hot. And it's likely to get even hotter. A report from the European Union Institute of Security Studies projects that the number of days when temperatures in Baghdad hit 120 ...