Iran death toll rises to 555 after US, Israeli strikesIran reports over 555 deaths from US and Israeli strikes. The attacks have impacted 131 cities across the country. The Iranian Red Crescent...
03 Mar, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in IraqIran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling US consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was ...
14 Mar, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualtiesOfficials in Iraq and the U.S. gave different accounts of damage. A second U.S. official said there was no damage and no casualties at any ...
13 Mar, 2022, 07.22 AM IST
1 killed, 12 wounded in market explosion in Iraq's capitalThe cause of the blast in the city's Sadr City area, in the Habibiya neighborhood, was not immediately known. It sent a cloud of black smok...
15 Apr, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
Pope calls for peace from ruins of Iraq's war-battered MosulFrancis travelled to northern Iraq on the final day of his historic visit to minister to the country's dwindling number of Christians, who ...
07 Mar, 2021, 02.46 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
Pentagon: US contractor dies in rocket attack at Iraq basePentagon spokesperson John Kirby said the contractor "suffered a cardiac episode while sheltering" and died shortly afterward. He said ther...
04 Mar, 2021, 03.07 AM IST
Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting US troopsThe U.S. strike was in response to a spate of rocket attacks that targeted the American presence, including one that killed a coalition con...
03 Mar, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
Boris Johnson condemns missile attacks on US military basesEarlier in the day, more than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad. The Iranian s...
08 Jan, 2020, 06.34 PM IST
India builds diplomatic missions, culture centres to project soft powerIndia currently has 184 missions and posts across the globe, and this list is expected to increase to 186 by end-2017, with the footprint e...
22 May, 2017, 11.52 PM IST
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seriously wounded in air strike: ReportAs per the report, al-Baghdadi was injured in March this year in a US-led air attack on the jihadists at al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close...
21 Apr, 2015, 11.32 PM IST
Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in IraqGermany today delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State mili...
27 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST
Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against Islamic StateGermany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State militants in Iraq.
22 Sep, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
ISIL beyond just a terrorist group; tremendously well-funded: Chuck Hagel"It is as sophisticated as any group that we have seen. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess."
22 Aug, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
US conducts massive airstrikes against Islamic State militants in IraqAmerican fighter jets and drones successfully conducted airstrikes near Irbil and the Mosul Dam, targeting militants, the Pentagon said.
17 Aug, 2014, 06.30 PM IST
Five reasons why Indian markets rallied in trade todayAfter a sharp decline for three consecutive sessions, the index has bounced back in trade today as global cues turned positive.
11 Aug, 2014, 07.59 PM IST
Air strikes aimed at stopping any advance of ISIL in IrbilIslamic State militants claimed that the US airstrikes were not hurting them at all and they were going to keep going.
09 Aug, 2014, 11.43 AM IST