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US President Trump ordered killing of Iran Guards commander Soleimani: Pentagon

File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump

Updated on Aug 16, 2020, 2:20 AM IST

Oil prices jump after US air strike kills top Iranian commander in Iraq

The US strike killed Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general who led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Updated on Jan 3, 2020, 10:49 AM IST

Trump does not expect war with Iran

“I like peace,” the president said before heading in to New Year’s celebrations.

Updated on Jan 1, 2020, 3:06 PM IST

Turkey deports 11 French relatives of ‘terrorist’ suspects

Turkey has sent 11 French relatives of suspected “terrorist fighters” back home

Published on Dec 10, 2019, 7:32 AM IST

Iraqi forces kill 45 protesters after Iranian consulate torched

Iraqi demonstrators burn tires to block a street during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq November 28, 2019.

Updated on Nov 29, 2019, 7:17 AM IST

You can play for a huge American lottery jackpot from India—here’s how

Now there is a way to play Mega Millions, and possibly win a huge American lottery jackpot, without leaving India.

Updated on Nov 21, 2019, 5:16 PM IST

The proliferation of popular protests | Opinion

A demonstrator throws a brick on Pedder Street during a lunchtime protest in the Central district of Hong Kong, China, Nov 13. Hong Kong protests continue, flummoxing one of the world’s most significant economic power centres

Updated on Nov 16, 2019, 7:54 PM IST

New IS leader could replace Baghdadi in weeks, says US official

A US military raid in the northern Syria targeted Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27.

Updated on Oct 31, 2019, 7:41 AM IST

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death doesn’t feel like justice, says 19-year-old Yazidi rape victim

A Yazidi displaced woman from the minority Yazidi section walks with her children at the Sharya camp, in Duhok, Iraq.

Updated on Oct 30, 2019, 8:31 PM IST

‘We’re thinking about it’: US may release Baghdadi raid video

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he may order the release of parts of the video of the raid that resulted in the killing of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Updated on Jul 15, 2020, 6:29 AM IST

The end of Baghdadi’s terror

Donald Trump said the elusive leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed in a daring raid

Published on Oct 29, 2019, 12:24 AM IST

The significance of Baghdadi’s end | Analysis

Baghdadi once controlled territory bigger than the UK in Iraq and Syria. His death comes at a time of churn in the IS

Updated on Oct 28, 2019, 7:32 PM IST

Baghdadi’s death ‘great day’ for people who have suffered from cruelty of terrorism, say US officials

The self-styled “Caliph Ibrahim” had a 25 million dollar bounty on his head and had been pursued by the US and its allies since the rise of ISIS five years ago.

Updated on Oct 28, 2019, 2:33 PM IST

Islamic State’s Baghdadi: A trail of horror and death

The Islamic State or caliphate that Baghdadi declared in July 2014 over a quarter of Iraq and Syria was notable for atrocities against religious minorities and attacks on five continents in the name of a version of an ultra-fanatic Islam.

Updated on Oct 28, 2019, 7:43 AM IST

ISIS leader Baghdadi’s aide was key to his capture, say Iraqi intel officers: Report

A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to the source, near the village of Barisha, Syria, collected on September 28, 2019, is shown in this handout image released on October 27, 2019 by Maxar Technologies.

Updated on Oct 28, 2019, 10:33 AM IST

Iraqi state TV airs footage of raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Iraqi state television aired on Sunday footage of what it said was a U.S. raid in Syria that reportedly killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Updated on Oct 27, 2019, 3:22 PM IST

Donald Trump to make ‘major announcement’, possibly about ISIS leader Baghdadi

The IS grew after the US withdrawal of forces from Iraq in 2011.

Updated on Oct 27, 2019, 12:54 PM IST

Over 60 dead as Iraq protests take new violent turn

Anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir square during a demonstration in Baghdad.

Updated on Oct 27, 2019, 8:00 AM IST

Renewed anti-government protests in Iraq leave 42 dead: Report

Eleven protesters died on Friday while setting fire to the headquarters of a powerful armed faction in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniyah

Updated on Oct 26, 2019, 1:52 AM IST

157 dead in Iraq’s anti-government protests due to military’s excessive force: Reports

A demonstrator runs between burning tires during a curfew, two days after the nationwide anti-government protests turned violent, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Updated on Oct 23, 2019, 12:59 AM IST

World’s oldest pearl graces Abu Dhabi’s Louvre

Emirati experts believe that pearls were traded with Mesopotamia -- ancient Iraq -- in exchange for ceramics and other goods.

Updated on Oct 21, 2019, 11:02 AM IST

Structural shifts in West Asia | HT editorial

Today’s Kurdish tragedy can be expected to be reprised in the coming years

Updated on Oct 15, 2019, 7:47 PM IST

US going into Middle East was ‘worst decision ever’, says Donald Trump

Trump has faced a bipartisan storm of criticism since a surprise announcement by the White House on Sunday that Washington was pulling back 50 to 100 “special operators” from Syria’s northern frontier

Updated on Oct 9, 2019, 8:30 PM IST

Iraq President Barham Saleh urges end to ‘escalation’ after days of deadly protests

Iraqi men carry the coffin of a demonstrator, who was killed during anti-government protests, at a funeral in Najaf, Iraq.

Published on Oct 8, 2019, 12:41 PM IST

Violence escalates in Iraq amid anti- government protests

Rallies, which began Tuesday, started as mostly young demonstrators took to the streets demanding jobs, improved services like electricity and water, and an end to corruption in the oil-rich country.

Published on Oct 5, 2019, 1:31 PM IST

Iraqi PM demands parliamentary support to reshuffle cabinet after deadly unrest

A demonstrator runs between burning tires during a curfew, two days after the nationwide anti-government protests turned violent, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Updated on Oct 4, 2019, 9:08 AM IST

Iraq eyes Indian investments in energy sector, refineries

For the second consecutive year, Iraq was India’s top crude oil supplier in 2018-19, meeting more than a fifth of the country’s oil needs.

Updated on Sep 25, 2019, 10:35 PM IST

More than 30 dead in stampede at Iraqi Shiite shrine

More than 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a major shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala .

Published on Sep 11, 2019, 8:01 AM IST

Iraq coalition calls Israeli airstrikes a ‘declaration of war’

The attacks are threatening to destabilize security in Iraq, which has struggled to remain neutral in the conflict between Washington and Tehran.

Published on Aug 27, 2019, 2:33 PM IST

Iraq paramilitary force accuses Israel for latest drone attack

Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi accused Israel of a deadly drone attack on Sunday that left one paramilitary fighter dead.

Updated on Aug 26, 2019, 9:52 AM IST

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