Coalition troops neared the centre of Baghdad in "substantial" numbers today, a US Central Command spokesman said. "As of this morning, coalition forces are actually in the city of Baghdad," said ...

designers and architects worldwide to transform the current unused site of the Old Governorate Building into the Baghdad Design Centre in the city's Cultural District, Al-Rusafa. The competition ...

Baghdad was also known as the Round City because it was built in a circle. All the important buildings like the House of Wisdom and Caliph’s Palace were in the centre of the city. The House of ...

Baghdad at the time was the largest city in the world, with a population of about 1 million. It was a perfectly round city, with all the important buildings in the centre. Situated between two ...

Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, visited the Muslim Council of Elders' pavilion at the 25th edition ...

As Europe languished in the Dark Ages, the Ageless Wisdom flourished in the Arab World. It was this movement that sowed the ...

After all, this is Baghdad and over the ... all its forms and has often been a centre of culture and learning. During the Golden Age of Islam, when the city was the biggest on Earth, it was ...

Iraqi security officials said an explosion targeted a site used by the U.S. military next to Baghdad airport late Tuesday, one day before an expected visit by Iran’s ...

One of the most unique proposals he came across was an egg-shaped building design proposed for the Centre Pompidou in ...

Baz Bamigboye speaks with Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen about 'Blitz,' his film about the Nazis' WWII bombing attacks ...

How far from city centre: 20 miles Some once said: live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. And who doesn't daydream from time to time about leaving the comfort zone of Baghdad and embarking ...

In August, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-run enterprise, reported that it had ...