Oil prices tick up on worries of escalating US-Iran tensionOil prices climbed to a two-month high following President Trump's announcement of U.S. personnel being moved from the Middle East, fueling...
12 Jun, 2025, 07.27 AM IST
Air travel gets turbulent: Nations ask citizens to flee, carriers cancel flightsVarious countries have advised their nationals to evacuate Lebanon due to escalating tensions in the Middle East. Airlines are avoiding Ira...
06 Aug, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in DenmarkHundreds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq's gov...
22 Jul, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
Muslim-majority nations express outrage and plan street protests over Quran desecration in SwedenIn Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, protesters planned demonstrations after Swedish police permitted a protest Thursday in which an Iraqi Christian ...
21 Jul, 2023, 02.24 PM IST
Iraq orders the expulsion of Sweden's ambassador as a man desecrated the Quran in StockholmThe diplomatic blowup came hours after protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Islamic holy book stormed the Swedish Emb...
21 Jul, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Iran closes border to Iraq, flights stop amid violent unrestIraq's military said four rockets were launched into the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of Iraq's government where armed clashes ra...
30 Aug, 2022, 02.16 PM IST
Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad's Green ZoneIt was the first such attack since September, when three mortar shells landed in an abandoned lot inside the Green Zone.
20 May, 2019, 09.51 AM IST
Over 10,000 workers got emigration clearance for Iraq in 3 years: GovernmentThe Minister said 120 Indians stranded in conflict areas out of estimated 210 citizens have been evacuated so far including 46 nurses in Ti...
17 Jul, 2014, 03.37 PM IST
Iraq crisis: Indian nurses forced to move from Tikrit by ISISThe Spokesperson did not clearly say who asked them to move and only added that "Our embassy continues to be in touch even as they are movi...
03 Jul, 2014, 06.23 PM IST
Iraq crisis: Two military planes on standby for evacuation of IndiansForeign ministry spokesman said the 46 Indian nurses in Tikrit were safe and unhurt. New Delhi is trying to move these people first to area...
30 Jun, 2014, 01.24 AM IST
Over 1,200 Chinese workers evacuated in IraqThe workers received assistance from the Chinese Embassy and the Iraqi government and military in the process of evacuation.
28 Jun, 2014, 12.15 PM IST
17 more Indians evacuated from Iraq taking the total number of those rescued so far to 34India has evacuated 17 more of its nationals from the conflict zone of Iraq taking the total number of those rescued so far to 34 .
24 Jun, 2014, 07.18 PM IST
One abductee may have been killed in Iraq, government refuses to confirm newsOne of the 39 Indian construction labourers abducted in Iraq may have been killed. The unidentified person is said to be one of the four fr...
23 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government knocks on all doors to seek release of 40 kidnapped Indians in IraqThe Indian Air Force has prepared a strategy and is in touch with its Turkish counterpart to airlift the 39 Indians and others elsewhere in...
21 Jun, 2014, 03.19 AM IST
16 Indians stranded in Iraq moved out, one of the 40 abducted escapesThe 40 Indians, who were working in a construction project, were abducted in Mosul which was seized by Sunni militant group ISIS.
20 Jun, 2014, 07.13 PM IST
24 hours on, fate of kidnapped Indians in Mosul unknownThere are about 6,000 Indians based in the northern part of the country but most of them are reportedly safe.
19 Jun, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
India monitoring situation in Iraq: Sushma SwarajGovt said it was exploring the possibility of ground-level cooperation with Iraqi authorities to evacuate 87 Indians stranded in worst-hit ...
18 Jun, 2014, 02.55 AM IST