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Agent who trafficked 39 Indians to Iraq still sending people abroad, says Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj urged state women commissions to launch a crackdown on the illegal network of agents operating across India.

Published on Jul 27, 2018, 6:54 PM IST

7,737 Indians languishing in jails of foreign countries

A view of the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Published on Jul 25, 2018, 7:20 PM IST

Iran replaces Saudi Arabia to become second-biggest oil supplier to India

India, Iran’s top oil client after China, shipped in 5.67 million tonnes or about 4,57,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Iran in the first three months of this fiscal year, petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan told lawmakers in Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Updated on Jul 23, 2018, 9:03 PM IST

Iran jolted by two moderate earthquakes; 26 injured

Iran jolted by two moderate earthquakes; 26 injured

Published on Jul 22, 2018, 6:54 PM IST

How Japanese ambassador Fumio Iwai became a social media sensation in Iraq

Japanese ambassador Fumio Iwai riding in a pick-up truck during a handover ceremony of vehicles provided by Japan to the Iraqi police at an unspecified location in Iraq.

Updated on Jul 19, 2018, 2:36 PM IST

No investments, no special privileges, Iran tells India over Chabahar Port

The Chabahar port is being considered a gateway to golden opportunities for trade by India, Iran and Afghanistan with central Asian countries in the wake of Pakistan denying transit access to New Delhi.

Updated on Jul 11, 2018, 10:13 AM IST

Islamic State fighters quietly regrouping a year after Mosul, Raqqa fell

Reports about fighters regrouping in the Syrian desert and in Libya have emerged since October last year, and US Army spokesman Col Ryan Dillon recently admitted that the dreaded terror group hasn’t given up despite being defeated militarily.

Updated on Jul 10, 2018, 11:50 PM IST

Democracies such as India need more anarchy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a book release on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day 2018, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. In Panchayati Raj, decisions are taken at the grassroots and they are scaled up to the district level.

Updated on Jul 7, 2018, 4:39 PM IST

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s son killed in Syria, the group says

This undated image posted online Tuesday, July 3, 2018, by media outlets of the Islamic State militant group, shows Huthaifa al-Badri, son of the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The IS media said the young son was killed fighting Syrian and Russian forces in Syria's central Homs province.

Updated on Jul 4, 2018, 7:07 PM IST

India has ‘Plan D’ to deal with Trump’s sanctions on Iran oil supply

Sanjiv Singh, chairman of Indian Oil Corp, poses for a photograph in New Delhi. Saudi Arabia alone can cover most of the world's supply shortfall in case Iran's oil exports dry up. Also a narrowing spread between Brent crude and Dubai oil gives Indian Oil even more options, Singh said.

Updated on Jul 3, 2018, 11:39 AM IST

Despite Islamic State threat, workers from Bihar’s Siwan move to Syria, Iraq for jobs

Ashkant Vikram Singh, younger brother of Santosh Kumar Singh, shows his brother’s portrait.

Updated on Jun 30, 2018, 8:51 AM IST

India plans to cut oil imports from Iran, say officials

A worker inspects a pump jack at an oil field in Tacheng, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China.

Updated on Jun 28, 2018, 5:53 PM IST

PM Abadi, Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr alliance brings Iraq government closer

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) attend a press conference with Iraqi Shiite cleric and leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on June 23, 2018. /

Updated on Jun 24, 2018, 7:15 PM IST

Sikh NGO offers iftar food packets to over 5,000 Syrian refugees on Ramzan

Khalsa Aid is providing iftar meals to more than 5,000 refugees through their ‘Ramzan Kitchen’.

Updated on Jun 17, 2018, 6:20 PM IST

10 civilians, including 3 children killed in US-led coalition air strikes in Syria

A Syrian boy walk past destruction following air strikes in the Eastern Ghouta rebel-held enclave of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 19, 2018.

Updated on Jun 12, 2018, 11:53 PM IST

After ballot box fire, Iraqi cleric Sadr warns of civil war

After ballot box fire, Iraqi cleric Sadr warns of civil war

Updated on Jun 18, 2018, 4:47 PM IST

Anti-Israel marches in Iraq, Iran in solidarity with Palestine to mark ‘Al Quds Day’

Iranians burn U.S. and Israel flags during a protest marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran June 8, 2018.

Updated on Jun 8, 2018, 11:52 PM IST

Darul fatwa asks Sunnis to avoid Iftar hosted by Shias

Fatwas are issued by scholars of the seminary’s Darul Ifta (Fatwa department) on the basis of queries sent by the people.

Published on Jun 7, 2018, 12:59 PM IST

In Mosul, young volunteers help bring city back to life

Iraqi students walk near a building of the central Library of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq May 14, 2018. Picture taken May 14, 2018.

Updated on May 27, 2018, 7:13 PM IST

Iran says US will face same fate as Saddam Hussein if it attacks

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers Council in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

Updated on May 23, 2018, 8:47 PM IST

Cleric Moqtada Sadr wins Iraq election but forming government far off

Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a news conference with Iraqi politician Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Hikma Current, in Najaf, Iraq May 17, 2018.

Updated on May 20, 2018, 7:04 PM IST

Islamic State fighters leave last Damascus enclave: Syrian Observatory

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 10, 2018 shows a Syrian army tank advancing through a street in al-Hajar al-Aswad as they push against the Islamic State (IS) group in the area on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus.

Updated on May 20, 2018, 10:59 PM IST

Iraq elections:Cleric Moqtada Sadr’s alliance leads

An alliance led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr-led leads the parliamnetary polls in Iraq.

Updated on May 20, 2018, 12:44 PM IST

Eight killed, several wounded in suicide bombing north of Baghdad

Iraqis look at the damage following a car bomb explosion in Baghdad.

Updated on May 16, 2018, 8:48 PM IST

Record low turnout in first Iraq elections since ISIS defeat

A fractured mandate could give minority Sunnis and Kurds an upper hand in negotiations in government-formation in Iraq.

Published on May 13, 2018, 8:41 AM IST

Iraq votes in first nationwide election since declaring win over ISIS

An Iraqi woman prepares to cast her vote in the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2018.

Published on May 12, 2018, 10:35 AM IST

Iraq captured 5 ISIS commanders lured into crossing over from Syria: Report

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

Updated on May 9, 2018, 10:09 PM IST

Indian author Asha Bhatia’s book on Dubai breaks stereotypes about the desert nation

The Dubai landscape

Updated on May 6, 2018, 3:52 PM IST

With Iraq going for elections, people in displaced camps seems forgotten

Displaced Iraqis stand outside a tent where they are taking shelter in a camp for internally displaced people near al-Khalidiyeh in Iraq's western Anbar province on April 24, 2018.

Updated on May 6, 2018, 3:11 PM IST

Iraq journalist who threw shoes at George W Bush stands for parliament

Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist famous for throwing a shoe at former US president George W. Bush in 2008, attends a rally in Baghdad on May 4, 2018 for the "Marching Towards Reform" alliance between Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the communist party, ahead of the May 12 parliamentary elections

Updated on May 6, 2018, 10:40 AM IST

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