BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Five-hundred British troops began withdrawing Sunday from their base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, the Ministry of Defense said. The move from the Basra Palace ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dismissed a suggestion that the withdrawal from Basra Palace was a defeat, insisting it was an "organized" move. Brown said Monday troops would still be ...

Iraq has proposed establishing a maritime link between its southern port city of Basra and Pakistan’s commercial hub, Karachi, as part of a broader effort to strengthen trade and logistics ...