Loud, broken, baffling: Britain reflects on America at 250 in the age of TrumpBritons view America in 2026 through the lens of President Donald Trump. This perception often precedes any admiration for the nation's qua...
21 May, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
US wants 'concrete actions' on Iran from next Iraqi PMAmerica wants Iraq's new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, to take clear steps. These steps must separate the Iraqi state from Iran-backed arme...
06 May, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
Declassified files show UK anger at Jaques Chirac over IraqUK government documents show Tony Blair's irritation with Jacques Chirac for obstructing UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. Blair's...
31 Dec, 2024, 07.41 AM IST
Far from becoming a US colony, how Iraq has proved to be fiercely independentThose that have not followed the twists and turns of Iraqi politics may be surprised to know that the current regime in Baghdad is very pro...
18 Jan, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
The boo-boo George W Putin..., er, Bush madeI mean, of Ukraine.' With that goof-up, the US president who ordered a war against Iraq in 2003 after accusing the Saddam Hussein administr...
20 May, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
'I mean Ukraine': Former U.S. president George Bush calls Iraq invasion 'unjustified'"The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion ...
20 May, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
Few tears in Iraq for 'occupier' Donald RumsfeldThe Iraq invasion, based on false claims that Baghdad had weapons of mass destruction, removed dictator Saddam Hussein, and Washington prom...
01 Jul, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
Pope Francis arrives in first visit to IraqHe brings a message of peace and coexistence to comfort the country's deep-rooted Christian minority, many of whom fled the country in the ...
05 Mar, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Tony Blair 'duped' by Bush into backing 2003 Iraq War: Britain's former PM Gordon BrownBrown, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer when the decision to go to war was made in 2003, said that a top secret US intelligence report w...
06 Nov, 2017, 01.35 AM IST
Tony Blair's ex-deputy,John Prescott says Iraq war was 'illegal'Prescott said Blair's statement that "I am with you, whatever" in a message to US President George W Bush, months before the invasion in Ma...
10 Jul, 2016, 06.03 PM IST
UK went to war in Iraq based on flawed intelligence: ReportThe UK did not exhaust all peaceful options before joining the invasion of Iraq, said John Chilcot, the chairman of the official inquiry in...
06 Jul, 2016, 06.32 PM IST
Iraq war contributed to rise of IS: Tony BlairBlair's decision to take Britain into the Iraq war based on false claims about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction remains hugely ...
25 Oct, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
US invasion of Iraq: Was it all worth it?For the families of those who died – coalition troops, Iraqi troops and Iraqi civilians alike – the question itself is an affront.
22 Mar, 2013, 08.04 PM IST
- Official: Iraq, China finalize oil service deal
Iraq and China have signed the final agreement on a $3 billion deal to develop the Ahdab oil field south of Baghdad over a 22 year-period.
11 Nov, 2008, 08.49 PM IST
- US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artefacts
The American authorities are set to return more than 1,000 priceless Iraqi artefacts smuggled out of the country after the US-led invasion ...
22 Sep, 2008, 08.26 PM IST
- Iraq to revive oil deal with China
Iraq & China are set to revive a $1.2 billion oil deal that was cancelled after the 2003 US-led invasion, the Iraq's oil ministry said on S...
11 Aug, 2008, 02.00 AM IST
- 'US struggling to ensure Iraq takes control of rebuilding projects'
The United States is struggling to turn over to Iraq control of many of its reconstruction projects after spending tens of billions of doll...
29 Apr, 2008, 05.38 AM IST