prehistory Archaeologists find 4,700-year-old inn in Iraq - with its own refrigerator The remains of the tavern in Lagash © University of Pennsylvania We imagine life thousands of years ago as a boring mix of work, hunger and sleep. But even then, people met in pubs, ate and drank there. The Lagash area in Iraq is a gold mine for archaeologists: on an area of around 600 hectares, it is possible to study how normal people lived almost 5000 years...
The murderer of the prominent Munich fashion entrepreneur Rudolph Moshammer is free again - but no longer in Germany. As the Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Repatriations confirmed on Thursday, the plane with Herisch A. on board took off from Frankfurt Airport for Baghdad in the afternoon. The 43-year-old will be returned to his native country of Iraq after serving his minimum sentence.Although that had already expired in mid-January, the deportation was delayed because Iraq initially did not want...
As of: 01/26/2023 4:14 p.m After 18 years in Germany, the murderer of fashion designer Moshammer has been deported to Iraq. He can live there as a free man, but is no longer allowed to enter Germany. The 43-year-old Iraqi was imprisoned for 18 years for the murder of fashion designer legend Rudolph Moshammer. He has now been deported to his country of origin. A plane, including him on board, took off from Frankfurt Airport for Baghdad, a federal police...
Status: 01/21/2023 08:44 a.m After the US invasion, masses of weapons remained in Iraq. Many of them are now traded on the black market - and almost 20 years after the war they continue to cause violence on the streets of Baghdad. By Tilo Spanhel, ARD Studio Cairo Haider Hashem takes an old Kalashnikov from his bedroom. The father of a family always has her close by when he is driving a taxi through Baghdad or at home in his...
Thousands headed to a stadium to watch a final match between Iraq and Oman. There was an uncontrolled crowd.Thousands headed to a stadium to watch a final match between Iraq and Oman. There was an uncontrolled crowd.source site-1
Basra One dead and 60 injured in crowds outside soccer stadium in Iraq Before the final match of the Gulf Cup between Iraq and Oman: football fans crowd in front of the Jaza'a Al Nakhla stadium in Basra. One person was killed and 60 injured in the stampede around the stadium in southern Iraq. © Ismael Adnan / DPA A crowd gathers near a soccer stadium in southern Iraq. One person dies and several are injured. Some of them are...
As of: 01/19/2023 4:07 p.m Thousands wanted to see the final of the golf cup without a ticket. A mass panic broke out in front of the football stadium in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Dozens of people were injured and at least one died. A stampede ahead of a soccer match between Iraq and Oman has left dead. The information on the number of victims varies: some agencies say one person was killed, others four who died in...
The criminal convicted of the murder of the Munich fashion czar Rudolph Moshammer hopes to be deported to his homeland. "Yes, my client wants and will return to Iraq," his defense attorney Adam Ahmed told the German Press Agency in Munich on Saturday. The "Bild" newspaper had previously reported on it. The lawyer told the newspaper that he assumes that the deportation will take place. He therefore withdrew the application for dismissal in Germany.Ahmed hopes things will move quickly now....
As of: 01/13/2023 7:14 p.m The federal government is looking worldwide for a replacement for the lack of Russian gas imports. During the inaugural visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Chancellor Scholz brought up Iraq as an energy supplier. In his search for a replacement for Russian gas, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is now also campaigning for an energy partnership with Iraq. "Iraq would be a very welcome cooperation partner for us when it comes to importing gas and oil...
Status: 12/18/2022 12:59 p.m First a bomb exploded, then shots were fired: several police officers were killed in an attack in northern Iraq. The federal police blamed the "Islamic State" for the attack. At least eight police officers have been killed in an attack in Iraq. An explosive device exploded during a patrol in Kirkuk province and killed an officer in his vehicle, among other things, the state agency INA reported, citing army spokesman Jahia Rasul. Two police officers were...
