Baghdad: Multiple bombings, including a suicide truck bomb attack on Shiite militiamen, killed 19 people today in Iraq, as police found four bodies with gunshots wounds in the capital, officials said. Police officials said the
New Delhi: There was no proof of 39 Indian nationals, who were taken hostage in war-torn Iraq last June, being “dead or alive”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told their families when they met her
Washington: A massive ground offensive involving 20,000 to 25,000 troops may be launched by the Iraqi forces as early as April to retake Iraq's second largest city of Mosul from the Sunni radical group Islamic
Baghdad: Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) Tuesday executed over 40 people, many of them security personnel, in Iraq's western province of Anbar, an official said.IS militants captured over 40 people from the albu-Obeid Sunni
New Delhi: As many as 140 Indians involved in labour issues in Basra in Iraq are coming back tomorrow after intervention by the Indian embassy there. “Labour issues resolved, coming back now. 140 Indians whose
Cairo: The extremist Islamic State group, which now controls a third of both Iraq and Syria in its self-declared caliphate, has inspired militants in Libya to behead Coptic Christians they held.The Libyan militants had earlier
New Delhi: According to latest data released by National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC), India stands third in the list of countries worst affected by bomb blasts last year.The data states that India witnessed 190 IED
Baghdad: Attacks in Baghdad killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens today; just days after the government lifted a nighttime curfew that had been in place in the Iraqi capital for over a decade.In
Baghdad: The militants of Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) over the past few days have been looting and destroying ancient religious sites in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a government official said Sunday.The
Baghdad: A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital today killed more than three dozen people hours before the city's longtime curfew was set to come to an end. The deadliest attack happened in the
Washington: Veteran journalist Brian Williams, the popular host of NBC's nightly prime time newscast, has apologised after admitting that he made up the story he told about travelling in a helicopter that was attacked during
Amman, Jordan: Jordanian warplanes bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday, state TV said, after the country's king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against the militants who control large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq.The
Baghdad: The United Nations mission to Iraq said Sunday that violence in the country amid the war against the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 1,375 people in January.The U.N. Assistance Mission in Iraq,
Baghdad: Dozens of Islamic State (IS) jihadis, and at least 16 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed, and 77 people were injured in intense fighting in several Iraqi provinces Friday.An Iraqi police source
Ottawa: Canada will provide non-lethal military equipment to Iraq to fight the Islamic State (IS) militants, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said.The equipment package would include 6,000 items, comprising coats, fleece shirts and jackets, as well
Cairo: An online video released Tuesday purported to show the Islamic State group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive a $200 million ransom in the next 72 hours.The video, identified as being
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces killed 21 Islamic State (IS) militants in security operations in Salahuddin and Anbar provinces, defence ministry said Saturday.The security forces launched a number of military operations in the areas to the
Brussels: Belgium ordered its army into the streets and anti-terror raids across Western Europe netted dozens of suspects Friday as authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by people with links to Mideast Islamic extremists.As anxiety
Washington: The US and its allies have conducted 19 airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq over two days, the US Defense Department said in a statement.According to the statement Sunday,
Mosul: Over 70 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Sunday in fierce clashes with joint Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by US-led coalition aircrafts in northern Iraq.The battle broke out when dozens of IS militants
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