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FIFA World Cup 2026: Iranians up at dawn to cheer their teamTehran residents gathered in cafes to watch Iran's World Cup match against New Zealand. Despite the early morning kick-off, fans showed exc...- India halts evacuation drive in Iran following ceasefireThe Indian Embassy in Iran is concluding its evacuation efforts following the ceasefire. The contact desk for registration is now closed. T...
- Iraq's competing Shi'ite armed factions and partiesA visit by the commander of Iran's Quds Force to Baghdad led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq. The rulin...
- 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...
- 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...
- How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into warGrand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani said nothing in public about the unrest that erupted on Iraq's streets. But government officials and Shi'ite...
- 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...
- Clashes kill 10 as Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr quits politics, loyalists storm complexIn July, Al-Sadr's supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-align...
- 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 ...
- Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in ParisDespite disappointment and his long exile, Bani-Sadr said in the 2019 interview that he did not regret having been part of the revolution.
- Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan postsMain Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defence minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named depu...
- Death toll in Iraq market blast rises to 31The explosion occurred in the densely populated Sadr City district. Iraqi security services believe that the explosives were detonated by t...
- 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...
- 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...
- "Colonialism" gave negotiators finalising joint declaration for India-Africa summit a few tense momentsThe idea was to shame Morocco, which is not a member of the AU because the African Union accuses Morocco of being a "colonial" power over S...
- British hostages in Iraq alive: ReportFive British hostages who were kidnapped in Baghdad more than a year ago are alive and Iraqi authorities know where they are being held, Ir...
- At least 925 people killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashesAt least 925 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that began last month, a top ...
- Clashes in Baghdad militia bastion kill eightSporadic overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed at least eight people, including...
- Musharraf takes oath as civilian presidentPakistan's Pervez Musharraf was sworn in as a civilian president for the first time on Thursday, eight years after seizing power in a coup,...
- 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...
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