Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.
Waking from the nightmare of war, occupation and civil unrest, Iraq has ambitious plans for the renovation and remodelling of its cities and infrastructure. The rebuiliding isn’t purely a physical process – a new mindset…
Iraq has plans to build a shipping route that’s a cheaper alternative to the Suez Canal, starting with a port just south of Basra. It’s the biggest project ever undertaken by Iraq but will the war-ravaged city’s residents…
Wednesday 21 October
American troops are leaving Iraq, but the engineers, hotel architects and database managers are heading in.
The Iraqi national rowing outfit – bidding for a spot at London 2012 – defy the odds. Shambolic security and ethnic violence make even getting to training an arduous task. On the water, though, none of it matters.
We meet Argentina's man in Paris and bring you a round-up of happenings in the world of diplomacy.
Iraq's military shopping list, Israel's luxury blowholes, plus a global army update.
Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan has escaped the worst of the war raging across the rest of the country. Its new airport, coupled with burgeoning trade, offer hope for this one corner of a ravaged nation.
Burmese insurgent armies, Iraq reinforcements and extremism in the Philippines.
The Iraq war has been big business for US military contractors (AKA mercenaries). But now, as the withdrawal of troops becomes imminent, firms are looking to Africa as the next lucrative source of revenue.
A fitness centre in Iraq? Entrepreneurial folly or viable business adventure? Ibrahim Abdullatif has no doubts: “Iraqi Kurdistan is the place to invest,” says the 31-year-old businessman who has opened the Fitness Health…
Identifying positives in the wake of the Iraq war is a difficult task at best. Yet the music, journalism, art and television shows emerging from the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah suggest that optimism can be found if you…
Colin Bradford, Simon Anholt, Paula Scher and Ilkka Kanerva on 2008.
A special interview with Alastair Campbell revealing the run-up to Iraq, and we check out the latest in African fiction writing with author Billy Kahora.
The latest on Iraq’s recent violence, we look at the disappearance of China’s leader-in-waiting, and discuss Italy’s binge-drinking problem.
A new satellite city is planned to ease the pressure of Nairobi's urban centre, restoration is planned for Saudi Arabia's weather-beaten collection of world-class sculptures, and Syria in numbers.
We discuss art from Nazi Germany and also what the invasion of Iraq actually achieved, along with the latest in Brazilian aviation.
How Syria’s conflict is spreading to Iraq, author Patrick Tyler discusses “Fortress Israel”, and we learn about a 6,400km bus route from Europe to Pakistan.
A look ahead to Pervez Musharraf's planned return to Pakistan this weekend, we talk to our correspondent in Jerusalem about Barack Obama’s visit, and two veteran journalists discuss their experiences reporting during the…
Ten years ago, Australian Shane Williams invented a vest to cool down football players and improve their performance on the field. Today his simple invention is helping commandos in sun-baked Iraq, burn victims, heart…
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