A bad date on the show led Gurki Basra to get close to the director and cinematographer When Gurki Basra appeared on the first season of Netflix's Dating Around, her episode ended without the fashion ...

The British may be getting some help from within Basra, Iraq's second-largest city. "I do understand that the sheer population there attempted to attack the ruling party," said Group Capt. Al Lockwood ...

Freed last year from the grip of militias, Basra has emerged as the main battleground for rival Shiites in elections for control of the oil-rich south — a race that will test the power of religious ...

CD shops sell love songs again. Some women emerge from their homes without veils, and alcohol sellers are coming out of hiding in the southern city of Basra — where religious vigilantes have long ...

A clothing store owner defiantly waves a cigarette in the air, saying he was not allowed to smoke when Shiite militias were in control. Then he quietly adds: "Don't let them know I said they were bad.

In Iraq, Basra has been touted as an oasis of calm in a country wracked by a vicious insurgency. Basra has had far fewer attacks than other major cities; British troops there are rarely targeted. But ...

Basra, in southern Iraq, contains much of the country’s oil wealth -- yet residents there are struggling just to survive. The city lacks basic services like clean water and reliable electricity, and ...

Oil tanker HELGA, sailing under ​the flag of Comoros, arrived ‌at one of the offshore oil loading terminals in Iraq's southern Basra ​port on Friday and ​was preparing to load 2 million ⁠barrels of ...

Basra is enjoying a comeback after suffering through three major wars. These days, Iraqis in the oil-rich southern province are enjoying something close to a normal life. Basrawis say the boom is long ...

On Friday morning, the protests in Basra continued. The day was young, and it was already a scalding 43 degrees centigrade (109 degrees Fahrenheit). By the afternoon it was even hotter. The protests ...