US forces under fire in Middle East as America slides towards brinkThe drone, which was launched at the Erbil air base by an Iranian-backed militia before sunrise on Oct. 26, penetrated U.S. air defenses an...
10 Nov, 2023, 08.02 AM IST
Iran says US 'encouraging' Israel to kill PalestiniansGunmen from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stormed across Gaza's border with Israel on October 7, killing about 1,400 people, mostly ...
06 Nov, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
Iran says not too late to prevent Israel-Hamas war wideningIran has warned that time is running out to prevent a regional spillover of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Foreign Minister Hossein...
14 Oct, 2023, 08.12 PM IST
Iraqi airstrikes kill 9 IS militants, including 4 LebaneseIS was largely defeated in Iraq in 2017. The group was dealt a final blow in 2019 when it lost its last territory in southeast Syria during...
30 Jan, 2022, 06.36 PM IST
Three explosives-laden drones hit near Iraq's ArbilThe drone attack occurred overnight, the anti-terrorist unit in Kurdistan said, with two striking a house and causing damage while the payl...
27 Jun, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
Pope Francis meets with top Shiite cleric in IraqThe historic meeting in al-Sistani's humble home was months in the making, with every detail painstakingly discussed and negotiated between...
06 Mar, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Gunmen kill at least 11, wound 8, in attack on Iraqi army post in Baghdad: SourcesThe assailants in four vehicles attacked the post in the capital's southwestern district of Al-Radhwaniya using grenades and automatic weap...
09 Nov, 2020, 04.48 PM IST
Gunmen kill at least 11 in attack on Iraqi army post in Baghdad: SourcesThe assailants in four vehicles attacked the post in the city's Al-Radhwaniya district using grenades and automatic weapons, the sources sa...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.17 AM IST
IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria, grapple with virusThe assaults are the latest in a resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. The first was a brazen suicide mission ...
03 May, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
More Indians held captive in Iraq, says reportLast week, Amnesty International reported that hundreds of Indian construction workers working in Najaf had been held virtually captive by ...
28 Jun, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
- Iraq's largest oil refinery shuts down after attack
Iraq's largest oil refinery was shut down on Saturday after gunmen bombed three production units, in an attack that killed four engineers a...
26 Feb, 2011, 10.04 PM IST
- At least 7 blasts rip through Baghdad, killing 50
At least seven bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad on Tuesday and another struck a market, killing at least 50 people a...
07 Apr, 2010, 01.42 AM IST
- Pakistani Lt General's home attacked
Gunmen opened fire at home of army commander heading military offensive against Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest, sparking a gunba...
12 Jun, 2009, 10.38 AM IST
- Iraq buys 12 US-made reconnaissance planes
Iraq has bought 12 new U.S.-built reconnaissance planes to bolster surveillance of its borders and better track movement of extremist group...
30 Sep, 2008, 01.38 AM IST
- '26 killed in bombing attacks in Baghdad'
Three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a massive religious procession in Baghdad today, killing at...
28 Jul, 2008, 01.20 PM IST
- Blast kills 18 people in Baghdad
A truck packed with rockets blew up n Baghdad, killing 18 people in the deadliest single blast in the city in more than three months.
05 Jun, 2008, 03.16 AM IST
- British journalist rescued in Basra after two months in captivity
Iraqi troops freed a kidnapped British journalist Monday after finding him hooded and bound in a house during a raid in a Shiite militia st...
15 Apr, 2008, 12.35 AM IST