Iraq news

Coopah, an AI-enabled community-focused training app for runners, has just completed its first RunStart Academy. The new eight-week coaching course was designed to gift the ... More

Franchised fitness giant Gold's Gym has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it struggles with the impact of coronavirus lockdowns. In a statement, CEO ... More

Gold's Gym completed 22 US franchise agreements and a total of 35 new openings worldwide during 2019 – the most in a single year in ... More

The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, the ruins of Babylon, a migratory bird sanctuary on the coast of the Yellow Sea, and a Prosecco wine ... More

Australian fitness franchise F45 has secured deals to open sites in emerging markets across the Middle East and Africa – taking the number of countries ... More

The government of Saudi Arabia has pledged to fund the construction of a US$1bn "sports city" close to the Iraqi capital city Baghdad. The announcement ... More

Cultural space developments in the Gulf region continue apace with the opening of a new US$434m (€383m, £328.7m) museum in Doha, Qatar. The new National ... More

Based inside the former palace of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Basra Museum has just opened three new galleries – quadrupling its display space following its ... More

A number of heritage projects in the Middle East and Africa have been given millions in funding by Britain's Department Department for Digital, Culture, Media ... More

The 43rd session of Unesco's World Heritage Committee will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, it has been revealed. Taking place between 30 June and 10 ... More

The restoration of Iraq's cultural heritage has been given a huge boost following a US$50.4m (€41.7m, £36.7m) donation from the United Arab Emirates to restore ... More

In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines, giving possible ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

Unesco’s director general, Irina Bokova, has welcomed the liberation of Iraq’s Mosul Museum, after Iraqi forces regained control of the city from ISIS following a ... More

The renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey is developing a museum dedicated to the history of human evolution on the banks of Lake Turkana in the Kenyan ... More

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution designed to deter wilful destruction and looting of cultural heritage sites – potentially making such ... More

Following France’s decision to pledge €28m (US$30m, £23.8m) towards the protection of cultural heritage sites during conflicts, world donors have followed up on the declaration ... More

A museum that opened in Saddam Hussein’s palace in September has been granted further funding in order to complete work on the galleries. A sum ... More

Wellness hotel consortium Healing Hotels of the World has announced the lineup for its 2017 Healing Summit. Held in Berlin between 6-7 March 2017, the ... More

France has contributed €28m (US$30m, £23.8m) towards the protection of cultural heritage sites during conflicts, signifying the first step in creating an international wartime fund ... More

The palace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been given a new purpose, with Iraq’s government turning the former stronghold into the country’s first ... More

Unesco has announced the annual update to its prestigious World Heritage list, adding 21 new locations deemed of cultural and historical importance to its global ... More

UNESCO’s director general, Irina Bokova, has said that safeguarding of heritage sites has become a “humanitarian imperative, and a security issue”. Speaking at The Hague, ... More

Venetian glassmaking association Fondazione Berengo is to host a retrospective of the work of Zaha Hadid, following the architect's death in March at the age ... More

Iraq is planning to open its first new major museum since its occupation in 2003, with an art institution to open inside the former palace ... More