Iraq
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ISIS attacked Kurds in Iraq with chemical weapons?
World | Aug 14, 2015, 07:38 AM ISTKurdistan: The United States is investigating whether the Islamic State (ISIS) used chemical weapons, the White House said Thursday, following allegations that ISIS militants deployed chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq.Alistair Baskey, a
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Iraq officials: huge truck bomb in Baghdad market kills 54
World | Aug 13, 2015, 12:08 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi police officials say a massive truck bomb has ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in the early morning hours, killing at least 54 people.The two police officials say the truck detonated in
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Iraq officials: Bombs in Diyala province kill over 40 people
World | Aug 11, 2015, 05:07 AM ISTBaghdad (AP): Two bombs striking neighborhoods in Iraq's eastern Diyala province killed at least 42 people Monday night, officials said, less than a month after the region was the scene of one of the
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ISIS executes 19 women for refusing sex with fighters
World | Aug 08, 2015, 07:28 AM ISTMosul: The Islamic State (IS) has executed 19 women in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul for refusing to have sex with fighters, a Kurdish official has claimed, according to the Daily Mail.The official, a spokesperson
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India made sacrifice to implement Iranian sanctions: US
World | Aug 08, 2015, 04:57 AM ISTWashington: Reiterating that India and its people "made significant sacrifice" at the cost of their economy to implement the US-led international sanctions against Iran,Washington today said that there is "no credible basis" for New Delhi
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UNESCO condemns murder of Iraqi journalists
World | Jul 31, 2015, 07:08 AM ISTParis: The Unesco on Thursday condemned the killing of two Iraqi journalists by Islamic State earlier in July, and called for swift justice to those responsible.Iraqi nationals Suahaa Ahmed Radhi, a newspaper editor in Nineveh,
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Slave bazaars new trend in west asia
World | Jul 29, 2015, 11:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree of sophistication by most parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, the Special Representative of the
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Alleged IS-linked Australian charged with terror offences
World | Jul 26, 2015, 07:18 PM ISTCanberra: An Australian nurse was on Sunday charged with terrorism-related offences after voluntarily returning from Syria where he allegedly worked with the Islamic State (IS) terror group, a media report said.According to the Australian Federal
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Iraqi officials say Baghdad market bombings kill 26 people
World | Jul 23, 2015, 08:18 AM ISTBaghdad: A pair of car bombs exploded Wednesday at crowded popular markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 26 people and wounding 58, authorities said.The first explosion took place
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20 killed by two car bombs in Iraq
World | Jul 22, 2015, 05:36 AM ISTBaghdad: At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 52 injured when two car bombs exploded on Tuesday here, a police source said."The parked car bomb exploded in the New Baghdad area south of Baghdad, killing
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Nuclear deal won't change policy to US: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
World | Jul 19, 2015, 11:55 PM ISTTehran, Iran : Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday a landmark nuclear deal won't change his country's policy toward the "arrogant" U.S., making his first public speech since the Islamic Republic's historic pact
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Iraq: Suicide car bomb kills at least 80 in eastern province
World | Jul 18, 2015, 06:36 AM ISTBaghdad: A suicide car bombing in Iraq's eastern Diyala province killed at least 80 people gathered at a marketplace to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.Iraqi police officials said at least 50
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India pledges support to Iraq govt in fight against ISIS
India | Jul 13, 2015, 06:45 PM ISTNew Delhi: India strongly supports Iraq's territorial integrity and its government's efforts to “overcome the current crisis”, President Pranab Mukherjee said amid a war that country is engaged in against ISIS terror group.In a message
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IS releases new video of massacre at Iraq's Air Academy
World | Jul 12, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTBaghdad: The Islamic State terrorist group has released new video footage showing last year's mass execution of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers in the northern city of Tikrit, media reported on Sunday.The 22-minute video, including both newly
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Turkey detains 21 members of ISIS
World | Jul 11, 2015, 01:43 PM ISTAnkara: Turkish authorities arrested 21 suspected Islamic State (IS) members, who were allegedly planning to smuggle foreign fighters into Iraq and Syria through Turkey.The arrested were also suspected of recruiting fighters from Turkey and sending
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ISIS abducts 111 Iraqi kids to be trained as terrorists
World | Jul 07, 2015, 07:20 AM ISTBaghdad: Islamic State terrorists have abducted 111 school children from various districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to use them in terrorist moves, a media report said on Tuesday.The abducted children, mostly aged
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Iraqi fighter jet accidentally drops bomb, kills 12 in Baghdad
World | Jul 06, 2015, 06:17 PM ISTBaghdad: An Iraqi Russian-made fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighbourhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.The plane - one of several Sukhois used by
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24 killed in airstrikes, clashes with IS in Iraq
World | Jun 28, 2015, 10:02 AM ISTBaghdad: At least 24 people were killed and 24 wounded on Saturday in Iraqi airstrikes and clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants across Iraq, security sources said.In Anbar province, at least 12 IS militants were
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Iraq denies IS claims of shooting down fighter jet
World | Jun 19, 2015, 08:24 AM ISTBaghdad:The Iraqi defence ministry denied on Thursday that one of its fighter planes was shot down by the Islamic State (IS), and termed the claim as an attempt at psychological warfare, Efe news agency reported.A
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US admits it should have acted faster against IS in Iraq
World | Jun 18, 2015, 10:26 AM ISTWashington: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter admitted that they did not act fast enough to prepare Iraqi forces for the threat posed by the Islamic State militant group."We ... determined that our equipping of the