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Since acquiring the tablet in 1882, the British Museum made a significant breakthrough when it found a piece that had been ...

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SALALAH: Mohammed Shia’ al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq, on Thursday visited the Museum of Frankincense Land in Salalah, ...

The Caucasus has long been a crossroads of civilisations. But why have the genes of its original inhabitants changed so ...

As part of the celebrations marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between Peru and the Middle Eastern nations of Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq, a ceremony showcasing a new stamp series and ...

Iraq’s water crisis is the unlikely author of these discoveries. Five years of drought, scorching heat, and dwindling river flows have devastated farmers and strained the country’s electricity supply.