BASRA, Iraq (AP) -- British forces on Thursday formally turned over control of the port city of Umm Qasr to a civilian government, the first such handover since the war ...

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from London and quotes British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon as saying the town of Umm Qasr is under U.S. and British military control. Furthermore, the oil ...

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Umm Qasr commodities port is expected to be fully operational on Monday or Tuesday, three port officials said, after it was shut down by protests sweeping southern ...

The blocking of Iraq's major Umm Qasr port on the Gulf by anti-government protesters has cost the country over $6 billion so far, a spokesman for Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday.

Protesters demanding government reforms have cut off road access to Iraq's southern Umm Qasr commodities port, officials said on Saturday, hampering activity at the harbour which receives grain ...