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Owaisi urges Centre, Telangana govt to evacuate stranded Indian students from Iran and Iraq
India | June 14, 2025 23:42 ISTIran’s ambassador to the United Nations reported that 78 people were killed and over 320 wounded in the Israeli bombardment. The strikes dealt a severe blow to Iran’s military leadership and technical capabilities.
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Pope's explosive claim on birthday: 'Suicide bombers planned to attack me during visit to Iraq but'
World | December 17, 2024 16:44 ISTExcerpts from his upcoming autobiography reveal that suicide bombers had plotted to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq but were eliminated before carrying out the strike.
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Iraq to lower girls' marriage age to 9 years to 'protect' them from 'immoral relationships': Report
World | November 12, 2024 13:51 ISTIraq is set to lower the legal age of consent from 18 to just nine, enabling men to marry young children. The proposed law would also strip women of essential rights, including divorce, child custody, and inheritance.
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Israel, Jordan and Iraq close airspace as Iran launches barrage of missiles in major escalation
World | October 02, 2024 0:07 ISTThe Israeli Army said Iran had launched over 200 missiles targeting approximately 10 million civilians.
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Too late! Iraqi girl dies mid-air despite China-bound flight makes emergency landing in Kolkata
World | September 26, 2024 19:20 ISTThe flight IA-473 with 100 passengers and 15 crew on board made a diversion from its course and landed at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. The airport health officer (APHO) checked the passenger and found no pulse. Neither did the doctor find any heartbeat.
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US, Iraq conduct joint raid targeting ISIS terrorists, 15 killed, seven American soldiers hurt
World | August 31, 2024 10:22 ISTThe US Central Command said the ISIS terrorists were armed with "numerous weapons, grenades and suicide belts" on Thursday when the raids took place, adding that there were no civilian casualties. The US continues to fight the terrorist group after dislodging it from Iraq and Syria.
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Iraq sparks outrage after proposing law to lower legal marriage age for girls to 9 | DETAILS
World | August 09, 2024 16:20 ISTThe bill tabled by a coalition of Shia Islamist parties has proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law of 1959, allowing girls to be married at age 9 and boys at 15. The bill was met with widespread criticism by women and children's rights activists.
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Five US personnel injured in rocket attack at Iraqi base amid escalating Middle East tensions
World | August 06, 2024 17:24 ISTTensions in the region are at an all-time high after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. It is yet to be determined whether the latest attack on Iraq was linked to threats by Iran, which blames the US for Haniyeh's death.
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Iran-backed militia claims its base in Iraq attacked by airstrike amid regional tensions, one killed
World | April 20, 2024 10:54 ISTIt has not been verified who launched the airstrike at the Kalso base, which happened in the backdrop of Israel's suspected attack on Iran that fuelled tensions of a regional war. While the Iran-aligned militia blamed American forces, Washington said there were no US airstrikes in Iraq.
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'Fired a bullet into heart...': Quran-burner Salwan Momika breaks silence on his death reports
World | April 12, 2024 13:41 ISTThe 37-year-old Iraqi man sparked intense outrage in Muslim countries by burning pages of the Quran, leading to riots and unrest in several areas. He was reported dead earlier this month after he went to Norway when Sweden rejected his asylum bid.
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US Army is cutting over 24,000 posts despite ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine I KNOW WHY
World | February 28, 2024 12:18 ISTThe planned overhaul comes after two decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan that forced the Army to quickly and dramatically expand in order to fill the brigades sent to the battlefront.
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Iraq deploys forces on borders after Turkey intensified its shelling on the area | India TV News
News | February 24, 2024 11:47 ISTThe Iraqi Border Forces started sending enforcement, deploying units, and building new posts in mountainous areas in the Amadiyah district of the Dohuk governorate, near the Turkish border in northern Iraq.
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US launches massive drone strike on Baghdad, kills top militia leader linked to attacks on US troops
World | February 08, 2024 7:21 ISTThere were conflicting reports on the number of those killed, with US officials saying the initial assessment was one, and saying there were no civilians hurt or killed.
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Syrian base housing US troops suffers another drone attack, kills six Kurdish fighters
World | February 05, 2024 17:07 ISTThe US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Monday the attack hit a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour, where the forces’ commando units are trained.
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Why US and UK carrying out massive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria I EXPLAINED
World | February 04, 2024 11:17 ISTThe US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
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Iran won't start a war but will 'respond strongly' to bullies: President Raisi amid tensions with US
World | February 02, 2024 18:03 ISTRaisi's remarks came after the US approved plans for strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three American soldiers by a drone in Jordan. There has been rising speculation of an American response as tensions heated up in the Middle East since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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'Baseless allegations': Iran denies involvement in drone strike in Jordan that killed US soldiers
World | January 29, 2024 14:01 ISTAmerican forces in the Middle East have been attacked more than 150 times by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, Syria, Jordan and off the coast of Yemen since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.
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US strikes three facilities in Iraq linked to Iran-backed militia for attacks on American forces
World | January 24, 2024 7:44 ISTUS troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked about 150 times by Iran-aligned militants since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October. The war in Gaza is at risk of spreading as the US is also engaged in fighting with Yemen-based Houthis, as all Iran-backed forces oppose US backing of Israel.
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Iran launches strikes against 'spy headquarters, terrorist ops' in Iraq and Syria
World | January 16, 2024 7:29 ISTIran had accused Israel of killing a high-ranking Iranian general Sayyed Razi Mousaviin an airstrike in Damascus last month after two members of the Revolutionary Guards. Tehran argues that Iraq's Kurdistan region is a staging ground for Iranian separatist groups and its arch-foe Israel.
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Iran-backed militia leader killed in US retaliatory strike in Baghdad, Iraq condemns move
World | January 05, 2024 14:32 ISTThe US military has come under attack at least 100 times in Iraq and Syria after the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October, usually with missiles and one-way attack drones. The US has 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in neighbouring Syria focused on preventing a resurgence of Islamic State militants.
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