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]‘Everyone was jumping, doctors fell on cars’: Baghdad hospital fire kills 82
The fire erupted on Saturday at the Ibn Khatib hospital in the Diyala Bridge area of Baghdad.
Published on Apr 25, 2021 03:26 PM IST
Reuters | , Baghdad
Islamic State claims deadly and rare twin blasts in Baghdad
The attack was the first in nearly three years to hit the capital. Elsewhere, in northern Iraq and the western desert, attacks continue and almost exclusively target Iraqi security forces.
Published on Jan 22, 2021 04:09 PM IST
AP |
Iran plans 20% uranium enrichment ‘as soon as possible’
The move comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US in the waning days of the administration of President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal in 2018.
Updated on Jan 02, 2021 03:38 PM IST
Dubai, UAE | By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
Trump warns Iran over rocket strike on embassy in Iraq
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had already pointed the finger at Tehran, while the US military command that covers the region said that the rocket attack “was almost certainly conducted by an Iranian-backed rogue militia group.”
Published on Dec 24, 2020 08:48 AM IST
Washington | By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Prashasti Singh
3 rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad: Report
The embassy’s C-RAM defense system was used to destroy the rockets mid-air, three Iraqi security officials said, with damage caused to property and parked cars. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 12:48 AM IST
Baghdad | By Associated Press| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
9 Iraqi security personnel, civilians dead in IS ambush: Police
A police source said a roadside bomb hit a car and that jihadists opened fire on a rescue team of policemen and state-aligned paramilitary forces when they arrived at the scene, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) from the capital.
Updated on Nov 22, 2020 07:10 AM IST
Samarra | By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Gunmen kill at least 11 in attack on Iraqi army post in Baghdad: Sources
The assailants in four vehicles attacked the post in the capital’s southwestern district of Al-Radhwaniya using grenades and automatic weapons, the sources said.
Published on Nov 09, 2020 04:46 PM IST
Baghdad | By Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
Shutting the US embassy in Baghdad would be counterproductive
Every sensible person agrees the giant embassy is a burdensome anachronism: At 104 acres, it is the largest and most expensive American outpost in the world, an outsized relic of the George W. Bush administration. The scale reflects a vision in which the U.S. would be embedded throughout the Iraqi government.
Updated on Oct 20, 2020 01:08 PM IST
By Bloomberg | Posted by Kaleem Ullah Fasihi
Vande Bharat Mission: Air India plans to operate special flight from Basra in Iraq to New Delhi
Indian Embassy in Baghdad alerts Indian nationals stranded in Iraq to register for travelling to India under the Vande Bharat Mission
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 10:50 AM IST
Baghdad [Iraq] | By Asian News International | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties
On Saturday, a rocket fell inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, while three others landed there on Thursday.
Published on Aug 31, 2020 10:19 AM IST
Cairo | By Reuters | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Iraq PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi orders probe after 2 protesters killed in clashes
The violence comes after months of quiet in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and were an embarrassment to prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who has vowed to meet protester demands by holding early elections and investigating the death of hundreds of protesters.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 06:57 AM IST
Baghdad | By Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack: US official
The attack threatens a dangerous escalation, with suspected US-led coalition air strikes promptly targeting Iran-aligned Iraqi fighters in neighbouring Syria, a war monitor said.
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 04:37 AM IST
Baghdad | By Agence France-Presse
Three rockets hit US embassy in Iraqi capital Baghdad, 1 wounded: Report
The US embassy did not respond to requests for comment and it was not immediately clear whether the injured person was an American national or an Iraqi staff member working at the mission.
Updated on Jan 27, 2020 08:20 AM IST
Agence France-Presse | By Agence France-Presse
Donald Trump agrees US-Iraq ‘security partnership’
Tensions between Washington and Tehran boiled over onto Iraqi soil this month, with the US killing top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad and Iran striking back at an Iraqi base hosting American soldiers.
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 07:19 AM IST
Davos (Switzerland) | By Agence France-Presse
No specific evidence Iran was plotting attack on 4 US embassies: Pentagon chief
Trump said on Friday Iran probably had targeted the US embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four US embassies before Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on January 3.
Updated on Jan 13, 2020 01:26 AM IST
Reuters | By Reuters
Donald Trump says he believes Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was targeting four US embassies
“I can reveal that I believe it would have been four embassies,” Trump said in an excerpt of an interview due to air later on Fox News.
Updated on Jan 11, 2020 02:52 AM IST
Washington | By Agence France-Presse
Soleimani’s killing an act of terrorism, says Noam Chomsky
Chomsky, one of the most widely read geopolitical analysts of our times, suggested that Soleimani’s killing is a violation of international law.
Updated on Jan 11, 2020 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Nadim Siraj
US hits Iran with fresh sanctions
Announcing the latest sanctions, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said the US had specific information about “large-scale” attacks that were being planned by Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani that led to the US killing him in a drone strike in Baghdad on January 3.
Published on Jan 11, 2020 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
‘Horrendous opinions used’: Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann quits social media after ‘vile’ hack
Lehmann said he was stunned and upset by what happened, with Twitter having since resolved the problem and removed the content.
Updated on Jan 07, 2020 09:42 AM IST
Sydney | By AFP
Trump says Iran will ‘never’ have nukes; puts Iraq on notice
The President has also defended his earlier threat to attack Iranian cultural assets as reprisal for strikes from Iran carried out in retaliation against the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, in a US drone strike outside the Baghdad international airport.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
NATO to review training mission in Iraq after Iran general slain
Ambassadors from the 29 allies will gather at their Brussels headquarters at 3.00 pm (1400 GMT) with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to brief journalists afterwards.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 06:09 PM IST
Brussels | By Agence France-Presse
US President Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions ‘like they’ve never seen before’
The American president also defended his earlier threat to attack Iranian cultural assets as reprisal for strikes from Iran carried out in retaliation against the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, in a US drone strike outside the Baghdad international airport.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 01:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
At least two rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad: Report
Sunday’s attack marks the 14th time rockets have been fired towards US installations in Iraq over the last two months.
Updated on Jan 06, 2020 02:09 AM IST
Baghdad | By Agence France-Presse
‘Deeply concerned’: India dials Tehran over ‘serious turn of developments’ after top Iran general’s death
The external affairs minister had a word with the Iranian leader barely days after Iran’s top military commander Soleimani was killed in an US air strike as his convoy left the airport at Baghdad. Soleimani was the head of Iran’s elite Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic world.
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
EU urges ‘de-escalation’ after US killing of Iran commander
US President Donald Trump who ordered the precision drone strike has said the military mastermind was planning an “imminent” attack on US diplomats and the roughly 5,200 American troops deployed in Baghdad.
Updated on Jan 05, 2020 10:13 PM IST
Brussels | By Press Trust of India
After US killing of Soleimani, Trump says ‘action to stop war, ‘not start war’
While referring to the Iranian military mastermind, killed in a US air attack earlier Friday in Baghdad, as “sick,” Trump attempted to lower tensions by insisting that he does not want war with Iran.
Updated on Jan 04, 2020 07:09 AM IST
West Palm Beach, United States | By Agence France-Presse
Trump talks of war in cryptic tweet after top Iran commander Soleimani’s death
Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike on a convoy of cars near the Baghdad airport Thursday, along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi militia commander.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 02:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
‘He was plotting to kill many more Americans’: Trump on Soleimani’s death
In his first substantial comments on the operation, carried out earlier Friday at Baghdad’s international airport, Trump tweeted that Soleimani “should have been taken out many years ago!”
Updated on Jan 03, 2020 08:16 PM IST
Washington | By Reuters
Opinion| What Soleimani’s death means for Iran, West Asia and the world
With his killing, the US has entered an area of unknowns. Iran cannot be underestimated
Updated on Jan 03, 2020 09:07 PM IST
By Kabir Taneja
‘Increase in tension alarmed world’: India urges ‘restraint’ after top Iran commander Qasem Soleimani’s death
Qasem Suleimani, regarded as the second most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an overnight attack by the US.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 02:47 AM IST
By HT Correspondent