Iraq's Saddam still revered in Jordan 20 years laterOn March 20, 2003, then US president George W. Bush launched Operation "Iraqi Freedom" with a ground invasion by 150,000 US and 40,000 Brit...
08 Apr, 2023, 01.01 PM IST
Nadhim Zahawi gets sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs controversy. See who is heNadhim Zahawi has been fired from his position as Tory party chairman. Let us get to know about him in detail.
29 Jan, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
Iraq emerges as a key pillar in China’s BRI strategyChina’s interest in West Asia and the Arab world is primarily for securing energy supply for its uninterrupted economic growth, but there i...
27 Oct, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
Why architects are resurrecting traditional building techniques to beat the heatIn Nigeria, for example, people have long used biomimicry to copy the style of local flora and fauna as they design their homes.
19 Sep, 2022, 06.06 PM IST
- Twelve Days Of Ridvan
Providentially saved from execution, he was exiled with his family to Baghdad. But he gained so many devout followers from Iran that his ca...
20 Apr, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
Iraqi PM to focus on US troop withdrawal in Biden meetingThe White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, despite Baghdad dec...
24 Jul, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
New 'super battery' made from junkyard metal will replace the one used in your carThe battery can withstand the equivalent of 13 years of daily charging and discharging while retaining 90 per cent of its capacity.
07 Nov, 2016, 07.17 PM IST
ISIS chief Baghdadi 'surfaces' after 18 months: reportFresh footage of ISIS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has surfaced, apparently showing the reclusive terror leader making a rare public appear...
17 Feb, 2016, 08.02 PM IST
From average schoolboy to world's most wanted man - ISIS Emir"He loved power and being influential," said one former neighbour of Baghdadi, who was the third of four sons born to a devout Sunni Muslim...
20 Feb, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
Scared of ISIS, Iraqi brothers seek refuge in IndiaThey have found help in Dr Jayant Sharma, a urology specialist at Aligarh's Jeevan Hospital, who they were introduced to by an Indian class...
01 Feb, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Australian PM Tony Abbott visits Iraq, backs fight against ISAbbott met his Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi to discuss Australian involvement in the fight against the militant outfit, according to A...
05 Jan, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Judge who ordered Saddam Hussain's death executed by ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters have reportedly captured and executed the judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, a Facebook ...
24 Jun, 2014, 11.03 AM IST
Soon, cheap second-generation biofuel for carsThe process as used today needs expensive enzymes, and large companies dominate this market, researchers said.
25 Feb, 2014, 05.53 PM IST
- Interpol warns of possible Al-Qaeda attacks in US, Europe
Interpol said on Thursday it had received information from its office in Baghdad about possible Al-Qaeda attacks on US and European targets.
16 Dec, 2010, 10.58 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
Arabs find a hero in 'shoe attacker'Zaidi's soaring popularity across the Arab world would more than make up for the prison term he faces.
17 Dec, 2008, 10.10 AM IST
- Arab world hails shoe attack as Bush's farewell gift
Iraq faced mounting calls to release the journalist who hurled his shoes at George W. Bush, an action branded shameful by the government bu...
15 Dec, 2008, 07.56 PM IST