Iraqis scared for their lives leave capital city deserted. June 13, 2014— -- As Islamic extremists threaten Baghdad, residents of the Iraqi capital are fleeing on foot, emptying grocery stores ...

One Thursday morning in April 2003, Dr. Said Hakki woke up in his Tampa, Florida, home and drove to the hospital where he had worked for years to perform a routine prostate surgery. After scrubbing ...

BAGHDAD - The padlocks were snapped shut last week. Musicians were allowed to return briefly to pack up their keyboards and drums. Bartenders came back to store away the liquor and maybe take a few ...

An air of normalcy is returning to life in Baghdad nearly a year after President Saddam Hussein annexed Kuwait and almost six months since the end of the Persian Gulf war. Traffic lights are working ...

President Bush’s arrival in Baghdad Tuesday caught Iraqis off guard, as the U.S. had planned. But these days it takes more than a visit from the American President to shock them. Coverage of Bush’s ...

Little by little, HBO -- yes, HBO -- has carved a niche as the TV home of some of the most compelling programs about the Iraq war. From the gripping 2006 documentary "Baghdad ER" to the epic (if ...

Raghda Zaid is 14, lives in Baghdad, likes the Backstreet Boys and Shania Twain. Her favorite movies are Home Alone and Garfield. She loves cats. I've become electronically acquainted with Raghda ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five blasts across Baghdad on Saturday tempered Iraqis' anticipation of a more relaxed and accessible capital as the government prepared to lift a night-time curfew that has kept ...

On his laptop computer, 27-year-old Bahjat keeps photos of when he worked with an American contractor in Baghdad, including one of him and his colleagues lined up in matching bulletproof vests. Bahjat ...