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At least one killed by gas cylinder blast in iconic Moscow toy shop

The toy shop building, which also houses a number of restaurants, shops and a cinema, has been evacuated. (Picture for representation/ AFP)(AFP)

Published on Aug 24, 2025 03:32 pm IST

5 IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency

A general view of the Grand Al-Nuri Mosque after it was evacuated due to the discovery of explosive devices inside it dating back to the time of the Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq(REUTERS)

Published on Jun 30, 2024 02:14 am IST

Archaeology sensation: An ancient city re-emerges in Iraq reservoir

The ruined ancient city was exposed for only about six weeks(Universitäten Freiburg und Tübingen, KAO )

Published on Jun 09, 2022 12:46 pm IST

Pope Francis to visit churches desecrated by Islamic State in Mosul

A view of several historic churches on 'Hosh al-Bieaa' (Church square), damaged and used by Islamic State militants as a jail and tribunal, and bombarded during the airstrike campaign that drove Islamic State militants out of Mosul's Old City, Iraq. (REUTERS)

Published on Feb 28, 2021 01:51 pm IST

Iraq's scattered Christians ask 'should I stay or go?'

Thanoun Yahya, an Iraqi Christian, whose family fled to Iraq's northern Kurdistan region during Islamic State's rule, is one of just a few dozen that have returned to Mosul out of an original population of some 50,000 Christians REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani(REUTERS)

Published on Feb 26, 2021 01:21 pm IST

Iraqis slowly rebuild Mosul, with little aid from government

The UN has estimated that over 8,000 Mosul homes were destroyed in intense airstrikes to root out IS.(AP)

Updated on Dec 09, 2020 12:59 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 9 pm: Withdraw farm laws, says BJP ally in Rajasthan; threatens to quit alliance and all the latest news

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) founder and MLA Hanuman Beniwal has asked the Centre to withdraw the farm laws.(HT File Photo)

Published on Nov 30, 2020 08:59 pm IST

Mosul movie review: Russo brothers’ brutal action film is a worthy follow-up to Endgame and Extraction

Mosul movie review: Suhail Dabbach as Major Jasem and Adam Bessa as Kawa, in a still from the new Netflix film.(JOSE HARO/NETFLIX)

Updated on Nov 30, 2020 08:46 pm IST

Covid-19: Iraqi youth with development disorders suffer after Mosul lockdown

Children with special needs attend a class at the Fakhri Dabbagh Centre in the eastern side of Iraq's northern city of Mosul on March 4, 2020.(AFP Photo)

Updated on Sept 25, 2020 11:01 am IST

3-D printing recreates ancient sculpture destroyed by ISIS

A 3D printed recreation of the ancient Lion of Mosul, which was destroyed by the Islamic State group at the Mosul Museum in Iraq, is displayed as part of the 'What Remains' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London.(AP)

Updated on Jul 04, 2019 12:36 pm IST

Senior-most ISIS female captive claims helping CIA in Baghdadi hunt

The claims that Nisrine Assad Ibrahim helped CIA and Kurdish intelligence build detailed portraits of Baghdadi’s movements, hideouts and networks, emerged in Sayyaf’s first interview since being captured in a Delta Force raid in Syria four years ago. In this undated tv grab taken from a video released by Al-Furqan media, the chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi purportedly appears for the first time in five years in a propaganda video in an undisclosed location.(AFP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2019 05:30 pm IST

‘Sri Lanka attack to avenge Syria ouster’: IS chief Baghdadi in first video in 5 years

A bearded man with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's appearance speaks in this screen grab taken from video released on April 29, 2019.(REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 30, 2019 10:13 am IST

19 kids among 94 dead as Iraq ferry on holiday trip sinks in Tigris River

Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21,2019. REUTERS/Stringer(REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 22, 2019 08:53 am IST

71 dead, including 33 women, as overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris River near Iraq’s Mosul

Iraqi people walk near the Tigris River in Mosul, Iraq.(REUTERS/Representative image)

Updated on Mar 21, 2019 09:42 pm IST

Free from Islamic State, Iraqi weightlifters target medals for country instead of jihadists

Iraqi paralympic weightlifter Thaer al-Ali trains in the northern city of Mosul on August 25, 2018. - Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice -- either they compete in the Rio Paralympics, or stay in Mosul, then controlled by the jihadists.(AFP)

Updated on Sept 06, 2018 03:11 pm IST

Survivors of last major Islamic State battle in Iraq beg for food

An Iraqi woman cooks food near a tent where she lives in the old city of Mosul, Iraq.(REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 24, 2018 06:39 pm 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.(HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 30, 2018 08:51 am 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’.(Khalsa Aid/Twitter)

Updated on Jun 17, 2018 06:20 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.(REUTERS)

Updated on May 27, 2018 07:13 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.(AFP)

Updated on Apr 19, 2018 01:22 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.(AP File Photo)

Updated on Apr 15, 2018 10:10 pm IST

Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto to come out with new novel. Here’s when you can buy it

Fatima Bhutto’s yet-to-be-released book spans from Karachi to the nightlife of London, from the dockyards of Portsmouth to the deserts of Mosul.(Photo courtesy: Fatima Bhutto Facebook page)

Updated on Apr 11, 2018 05:21 pm IST

PM Modi announces ₹10 lakh ex-gratia payment for kin of Indians killed by IS in Mosul

Relatives of construction worker Surjeet Mainka, who was killed in Iraq, grieves over his coffin in Chuhar Wali village on the outskirts of Jalandhar on April 3, 2018.(AFP)

Updated on Apr 03, 2018 04:02 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.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Apr 04, 2018 09:15 am IST

Indian workers killed in Mosul were illegal immigrants, embassy had no record of them: VK Singh

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.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Apr 02, 2018 11:08 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.(PTI)

Updated on Apr 02, 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.(PTI File Photo)

Updated on Apr 02, 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.(AP Photo)

Updated on Apr 02, 2018 12:00 am IST

Punjab to give assistance package to families of Iraq victims

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh speaking on the motion of thanks on the governor’s address at the Punjab assembly on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 27, 2018 06:47 pm 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.(HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 23, 2018 08:21 pm IST

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