Today in History for July 22: In 1582, England's first newspaper, the "English Mercurie," began publication. (The newspaper was later claimed to be a literary hoax written by the second Earl of ...

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region ...

The brutal fight against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq four decades ago shaped Tehran’s approach to the recent war and guides its ...

On July 4, a triumphant Trump told the nation he crippled that it now stands tall, respected and admired across the world.

During Gulf War II, coalition forces made a stunning discovery in the Iraqi desert: dozens of fighter jets buried beneath ...

Later, in Turkey, a New Year’s firework display sent my brother and me into hysterics. We thought Iraq’s then-leader Saddam Hussein had followed us to Istanbul. That war, and our escape from it, ...

July 29, 2003 - Saddam releases audio tape, denouncing strike on sons. He says, "Even if Saddam Hussein has 100 sons other than Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein would offer them the same path.

Baghdad - Saddam Hussein's wild son Uday, a hated figure who narrowly escaped a 1996 assassination bid, is believed to have finally reached the end of road in a US raid on Tuesday in the northern ...

Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday, right, and his brother Qusay, who both died in a firefight with US forces in fall 2003, shortly before their father’s capture. Getty Images ...

Filmmaker Halkawt Mustafa spent a decade telling the story of how an Iraqi farmer who knew little about Saddam Hussein came to hide him from 150,000 U.S. troops for the better part of a year.