The Islamic Golden Age of Science is largely to thank for our scientific developments today. Around 750-1250 CE, the Islamic empire made incredible scientific advancements that changed the course of history! Join Michael Aranda for a...

ISIS or ISIL has been pushing towards Baghdad and lighting Iraq and the world on fire in the process. In this short video we take a basic look at the Iraq situation and ask the question, what, if anything, should or can the US do about it?

Video Atlas of Asia: This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Yemen.

Textiles from Iran's Safavid Empire are on U.S. soil for the first time.

HEADLINE: NYPD document: Gather intel at Shiite mosques

CAPTION: The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, according to...

HEADLINE: Massive rally marks fall of Baghdad

CAPTION: Thousands of Iraqis marched in the streets of Najaf Monday on the 4th anniversary of U.S. forces entering into Baghdad. (Apr
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VOICED: Sunnis hold key to Iraq vote

A textbook for schoolchildren is the latest battleground of Iraq's sectarian conflict, with critics claiming it drums up animosity between the country's Muslim communities. (Footage by AFP/Getty Images)

A bomb explosion in a majority Shiite district Saturday killed at least 30 people and wounded at least 50 in Afghanistan.

Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani stressed unity and peace after their private meeting.

At least 30 people have died in violent clashes with police following the resignation of an influential Shiite cleric, according to Iraqi officials.

HEADLINE: Iraqi crackdown on Shiite militia in third day

CAPTION: The Iraqi military crackdown on Shiite militia in Amarah, south of Baghdad, entered its third day on Saturday with no sign of the clashes which...

HEADLINE: Series of Explosions Rock Baghdad

CAPTION: Lawmakers across party lines endorsed the prime minister's new plan for stopping sectarian killings, but the bloodshed continues in the Iraqi capital. (Oc
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HEADLINE: Bloody day in Iraq; school girls killed

CAPTION: Mortars hit a girls school in Baghdad, while Iraqi troops take on militants in the holy city of Najaf. (Jan.
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Gunmen killed seven men -- six Sunni Moslems and one Shi'ite

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HEADLINE: Deadly blasts rock Shiite districts in Baghdad

CAPTION: A wave of bombs struck two Shiite neighbourhoods in Baghdad, Thursday, officials said, killing at least 27 people. The blasts...

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Gunmen slay 7 in revenge for mosque massacres

Gunmen killed seven Muslim men -- six Sunni and one Shi'ite
-- in
a house in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Thurs
day (2/3).
Police said three armed men broke...

VOICED : Pakistans under fire Hazaras vow to make

Bahrain goes to the polls on Saturday for a parliamentary election that will be a key test of the willingness of the pro-Western Gulf state's Sunni royal family to relax its stranglehold on power. Manama, Bahrain. (Footage by AFP/Getty...

Iraqs government once battled entrenched Shiite militias but is now making common cause with them against a Sunni jihadist led onslaught that Baghdads forces failed to contain on their own

President Biden wants troops out by Sept. 11.

Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi suffered a light cut but appeared calm and composed after the attack by armed drones at his residence.