By the beginning of August 1990, tensions in the Persian Gulf had reached a crisis point. The ruler of Iraq, President Saddam Hussein had been threatening to invade the small, oil-rich state of Kuwait ...

July 16, 1979 - Saddam Hussein takes over as president of Iraq. 1979 - In response to the Ayatollah's call for the overthrow of the Baathist regime, comprised mostly of Sunni Muslims, Saddam ...

And according to the musician, he might have played a part in the capture of Saddam Hussein. Serving as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until 2003 when he was overthrown, Hussein played a ...

In Mark Hoppus' brand new book Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir, the rocker shared a story about how he may have actually assisted in the capture of Saddam Hussein back in 2003. You read that right.

The photos of the Saddam Hussein statue being toppled were iconic images of the fall of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on this day in 2003. Supreme Court’s Alito Calls Block of ...

Donald Trump was compared to Saddam Hussein ahead of his visit to the Department of Justice—an agency he has stripped of workers since his inauguration. Christopher O’Leary, a former senior ...

When DJ Kool Herc began MC'ing on August 11, 1973, he unleashed the transformative power of hip-hop culture, which has had an indelible impact on the world. He and artists like The Notorious B.I.G ...

In the pantheon of bloodthirsty dictators, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein has almost been relegated to the dustbin of history. He’s remembered as part of the now-quaint-seeming “axis of evil ...

U.S. Army soldiers stand guard near a portrait of Saddam Hussein while others search an Iraqi police station in March 2003. (John Moore/AP) Review by Spencer Ackerman Had the eminent journalist ...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’ll now be starring in an adaptation of Will Bardenwerper’s book The Prisoner In His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, And What History Leaves ...

In December 2003, Operation Red Dawn came to its planned conclusion: with deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein pulled from a "spider hole" near a farmhouse in Ad Dawr, Iraq, south of his hometown ...

A gold-plated AK-47 believed to have been owned by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is to go on public display for the first time. Hussein and his sons gave the gleaming rifle to "people they ...