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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
- Videos purport to show protesters storming Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in anger over Quran burningThe videos showed dozens of men climbing over the fence at the complex, with the sound of them trying to break down a front door. Another s...20 Jul, 2023, 07.05 AM IST
- 20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to USThousands of Iraqis who worked closely with Americans during the Iraq War and tried to enter the US are still waiting for approval years la...19 Jun, 2023, 03.57 PM 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
- 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
- Iraqi Shiite cleric says he'll retire, sparks fear of unrestIraq's military called on the protesters to withdraw immediately from the Green Zone and to practice self-restraint "to prevent clashes or ...29 Aug, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
- Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survives assassination bid with dronesThe attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month's parliamentary electio...08 Nov, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
- Iraq doesn't need United States' combat troops: PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi``The war against IS and the readiness of our forces requires a special timetable, and this depends on the negotiations that we will conduc...25 Jul, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
- In Iraq, an old United States foe grows his political powerOver the past two years, Sadr's political organisation, the Sadrist Movement, has quietly come to dominate the apparatus of the Iraqi state...29 Jun, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
- Iran’s nuclear negotiations: A breakthrough in sight?With the deadline set to expire on March 30, both John Kerry and the Iranian Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif appear keen on achieving a breakt...26 Mar, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
- Sonia, Tata & Nooyi in Time's 'most influential'Congress president Sonia Gandhi has once again made it to Time’s list of 100 most-influential people in the world.02 May, 2008, 04.26 AM IST
- Murdoch, Blair, Bloomberg among Time's 100 most influential peoplePlaywright, actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and New York City Mayor M...01 May, 2008, 03.45 PM IST
- British journalist rescued in Basra after two months in captivityIraqi 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
- Ahmadinejad's Iraq trip denotes Iran's rising influenceIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to arrive in Baghdad Sunday for the first-ever visit by an Iranian leader to Iraq.02 Mar, 2008, 09.00 AM IST
- US forces raid al-Sadr's strongholdA day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq, America...26 May, 2007, 02.00 PM IST
- Zarqawi wanted a US-Iran warTerrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi planned to try and destroy the relationship between the US and its Shiite allies in Iraq and help sta...16 Jun, 2006, 02.36 AM IST
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