Yet, year by year, the Garden of Eden shrinks into itself. The unstoppable desertification of the marshes is driven by ...

Karbala, 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, is usually no more than a 90-minute drive through an increasingly green landscape of date palms, eucalyptus trees and reeds watered by the nearby Euphrates.

Lake Razazah, also known as Baḩr al-Milḩ or Lake Milh, is an artificial lake located to the west of the city of Karbala (visible in the photo ... circular dark patches litter the surrounding landscape ...

Near the main gate of the Askariya Shrine, I see the first sign of activity in an otherwise moribund landscape ... regard only the mosques of Najaf and Karbala as holier. Enhancing the sanctity ...

At the Battle of Karbala, with the odds stacked against him, Hussain found an unlikely ally. Rahab Siddha Datt, a Brahmin warrior from the furthest Hindu settlement in north-west India ...

A local news source in the province of Karbala reported that a massive fire broke out in a commercial center in Bab Al Khan Area, the holy shrine city of Karbala. Civil defense teams were dispatched ...

After nearly a decade in power, the Liberal Party seemed destined to be swept out on a wave of anti-incumbency sentiment. Then events took a surprising turn. By Ian Austen Reporting from Ottawa ...

The Los Angeles Rams made a shocking move and traded with the Atlanta Falcons to move out of the first round completely. While this had been theorized before in mock drafts, nobody expected them ...

Oman Airports has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Iraq’s Teebat Karbala Company to support setting up and initial operations of Karbala International Airport, a key project in Iraq ...