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Iraq’s top Shia authority urges voters not to re-elect ‘corrupt’ MPs

Sistani, whose opinions are widely respected among Shias, mobilised tens of thousands of men to join paramilitary units of the Hashed al-Shaabi, which played a crucial role in defeating the Islamic State group in Iraq.

Updated on May 5, 2018, 2:49 PM IST

Indian football team clubbed with Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia in AFC U-16 Championship

Indian football team will take on Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia in the AFC U-16 Championship finals.

Updated on Apr 26, 2018, 4:29 PM IST

Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslim nations to unite against US: State TV

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran.

Updated on Apr 26, 2018, 3:06 PM IST

Bahrain sentences 24 Shia citizens to jail, revokes nationality

Human Rights Watch in February accused the kingdom of “stripping away the citizenships of people whom they find undesirable”.

Updated on Apr 19, 2018, 7:00 PM IST

Iraq says it carried out air raid against Islamic State in Syria

A handout picture provided by the Iraqi Air Force on April 19, 2018 shows a F16 fighter jet at un undisclosed location in Iraq. The Iraqi air force on April 19, 2018 carried out a "deadly raid" against positions of the Islamic State group in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said.

Updated on Apr 19, 2018, 7:08 PM IST

More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for links to Islamic State

French jihadist Djamila Boutoutaou attends her trial at the Central penal Court in Baghdad, on April 17, 2018. French jihadist Boutoutaou, 29, was sentenced to life in prison for belonging to the Islamic State group, the latest in a series of court judgments against jihadists.

Updated on Apr 19, 2018, 1:22 AM IST

Despite killing of 39 Indians in Mosul, Iraq still draws Punjab’s jobless youth

A relative pays his respects to the casket containing the remains of Aman Kumar, who was among the Indian construction workers killed by the Islamic State group in Iraq, in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

Updated on Apr 15, 2018, 10:10 PM IST

Syria air strikes: Trump defends ‘Mission Accomplished’ tweet amid backlash

US President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington.

Updated on Apr 15, 2018, 9:27 PM IST

Russia-Iran axis will remain on top in Syria despite West’s airstrikes

A Syrian soldier on Saturday films the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Centre which was attacked by US, British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians.

Updated on Apr 15, 2018, 8:53 PM IST

Trump echos Bush Jr, says ‘mission accomplished’ after Syria air strikes

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018, 9:11 PM IST

British PM May faces backlash for not consulting UK Parliament on Syria air strike

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference at Downing Street in central London on April 14, 2018 following British military action against Syria.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018, 5:53 PM IST

25 dead in attack at Iraq funeral of anti-ISIS fighters

Smoke rises from clashes during the war between Iraqi army and Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State militants in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq August 28, 2017.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018, 10:38 AM IST

Bodies of construction workers killed by Isis in Iraq reach Bengal villages, kin demand compensation

Relatives of Khokan Sikdar with the coffin at Tehatta in Nadia district on Tuesday.

Published on Apr 4, 2018, 4:12 PM IST

‘Letters from Baghdad’ shows Iraq through eyes of British female explorer and spy who shaped it

Director Zeva Oelbaum of ‘Letters from Baghdad’, a documentary about Gertrude Bell, speaks to people at the National Theater of Baghdad, Iraq, April 2.

Published on Apr 3, 2018, 8:05 PM IST

Families of Indians killed in Iraq angry at VK Singh’s ‘illegal immigrants’ comments

Family members mourn near a casket containing remains of one of the Indians abducted by the Islamic State group in 2014, that were found in a mass grave outside Mosul in Amritsar on Monday.

Updated on Apr 4, 2018, 9:15 AM IST

Punjab announces ₹5 lakh compensation, job for kin of those killed in Iraq

Navjot Singh Sidhu (left) made this announcement in the presence of minister of state for external affairs General VK Singh (retd) during the press conference at the airport

Updated on Apr 2, 2018, 11:28 PM IST

4 years later, remains of 38 Indians kidnapped by IS return from Mosul

Army jawans carry a casket containing remains of one of the Indians abducted by the Islamic State group in 2014, that were found in a mass grave outside Mosul in Amritsar on Monday.

Updated on Apr 2, 2018, 11:09 PM IST

Nitish Kumar to receive remains of Indians killed by IS in Mosul

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is expected to lay a wreath on the coffins of the victims at Patna airport’s hangar on Monday evening.

Updated on Apr 2, 2018, 12:57 PM IST

Mortal remains of 39 Indians killed by IS in Iraq to be brought back to India today

Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit, center, India's Ambassador to Iraq, watches while a casket holding one of Indians abducted by the Islamic State group in 2014, is loaded on a truck to be transported from Baghdad's main morgue to the Baghdad airport, in Iraq on April 1.

Updated on Apr 2, 2018, 12:00 AM IST

MoS VK Singh to leave for Iraq on Sunday to bring back bodies of 39 Indians

MoS for External Affairs VK Singh

Updated on Mar 31, 2018, 11:32 PM IST

Beheadings were a ‘mistake’, say Islamic State jihadis of ‘The Beatles’ cell

Alexanda Amon Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed ‘The Beatles’, speak during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria, on March 30, 2018.

Updated on Mar 31, 2018, 10:05 AM IST

First look: Cat hotel now open for guests in Iraq’s Basra

Ahmad Taher, a 24-year-old senior veterinary student, attends to cats staying for short periods at the cat hotel.

Updated on Mar 31, 2018, 9:29 AM IST

London’s Trafalgar Square displays recreated Iraqi monument destroyed by IS

The sculpture The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by Iraqi American artist Michael Rakowitz.

Updated on Mar 29, 2018, 4:02 PM IST

Partap Bajwa asks PM to help bring ashes of Maharaja Duleep Singh from UK

Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa

Updated on Mar 29, 2018, 10:07 AM IST

Will hold dharna at Jantar Mantar if demands not met, say families of men killed in Iraq

Family members of those killed in Iraq in Baba Bakala on Friday.

Updated on Mar 23, 2018, 8:21 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi accuses govt of using Cambridge Analytica to divert attention from death of 39 Indians

The government had on Wednesday accused the Congress of engaging political consultancy Cambridge Analytica for 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Updated on Mar 22, 2018, 11:11 PM IST

Admn faux pas: Two families of men killed in Iraq reach Amritsar to receive bodies

Kin of Jasbir Singh and Parminder Singh of Nawanshahr, who had been killed in Iraq, waiting for their mortal remains at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Wednesday.

Updated on Mar 21, 2018, 10:34 PM IST

Iraq victims’ kin not getting ₹20,000 monthly aid for 6 months

Wife Amarjeet Kaur and other family members of Gobinder Singh, a native of Murar village of Kapurthala district, mourn his death following confirmation by Sushma Swaraj that he had been killed in Iraq, on Tuesday.

Updated on Mar 21, 2018, 10:07 PM IST

39 Indians abducted by Islamic State in Iraq are dead, Sushma Swaraj tells Parliament

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and ministers of state for external affairs MJ Akbar and Gen VK Singh with the family members of the 39 Indian men who went missing in Iraq in 2014.

Updated on Mar 20, 2018, 3:39 PM IST

Seven US troops killed in Iraq helicopter crash, says official

In this June 24, 2003 file photo, US soldiers prepare to escort a canister containing "yellow cake" or Uranium Oxide which was looted during the war from the nuclear facility in Tuwaitha, Iraq.

Updated on Mar 16, 2018, 6:54 PM IST

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