Iraq
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Rouhani slams 'unprecedented' US pressure on Iran
World | May 12, 2019, 04:49 PM ISTRouhani's comments on Saturday came amid rising tensions with Washington which last week deployed warships and warplanes to the Gulf. He said the renewed US sanctions had led to worse economic conditions than during the country's 1980-88 war with neighbouring Iraq.
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Iraq captures 186 Islamic State militants
World | Feb 12, 2019, 08:45 AM ISTMaan said that the extremist militants were captured following the liberation of Anbar in late 2017, and that they are responsible for killing civilians from al-Bun Nimr tribe for refusing to join the extremist group.
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Donald Trump makes surprise visit to Iraq; meets US soldiers
World | Dec 27, 2018, 07:06 AM ISTIraq declared IS defeated within its borders in December 2017, but Trump’s trip was shrouded in secrecy, which has been standard practice for presidents flying into conflict areas.
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Iraq: PM-designate invites online application to run ministry
World | Oct 23, 2018, 07:13 PM ISTBut Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi may be taking it further than anyone else. To form his government, he opened an online portal for anyone to apply to run Iraq’s 22 ministries, posts that have come to be associated with patronage and graft.
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India U-16 football team stuns Asian champions Iraq in WAFF Championship
Football | Aug 06, 2018, 02:29 PM ISTIn a match which India stayed the dominant side, Bhuvenesh headed in the match-winner in added time, providing the perfect finish to a sublime build-up.
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Will Kashmir become another Syria, Iraq? watch our special show
News | Jun 23, 2018, 09:37 PM ISTWill Kashmir become another Syria, Iraq? watch our special show
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Iraq Election final results: Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Sairoon alliance triumphs
World | May 19, 2018, 10:13 AM ISTMuqtada al-Sadr's party, the Sairoon alliance 54 out of the total 329 seats. The Conquest Alliance won 47 seats while the Victory Alliance led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was pushed to the third position.
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Iraqi polls open in first elections since victory over Islamic State extremists
World | May 12, 2018, 10:08 AM ISTThe vote — the fourth since the 2003 US-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein — will be conducted electronically for the first time to reduce fraud.
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'They were shot in head', reveal death certifcates of 38 Indians killed by IS in Iraq's Mosul
India | Apr 03, 2018, 11:25 PM ISTIndia TV has accessed the death certificates of these Indians in which it is clearly mentioned that the terrorists brutally killed them by shooting in their head.
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Mortal remains of 38 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq arrive in Amritsar
India | Apr 02, 2018, 04:37 PM ISTA special aircraft carrying the mortal remains of 38 Indians killed in Iraq arrived at the Amritsar International Airport today, officials said.
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Mortal remains of 38 Indians killed in Iraq brought to Amritsar, families mourn their death
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EAM has asked for details of the members, we will see if they can be given govt jobs: VK Singh
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VK Singh to bring back mortal remains of 38 Indians from Iraq today
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Mortal remains of 38 Indians killed in Iraq to be brought to India today
India | Apr 01, 2018, 11:47 PM ISTIndian Ambassador Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit said the bodies had been taken to Baghdad International Airport and would be flown back on a military flight, arriving in India on April 2.
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Union Minister VK Singh flies to Mosul to get remains of killed Indians
India | Apr 01, 2018, 06:25 PM ISTThough 39 Indians were killed as the Islamic State took over the city of Mosul in 2014, the mortal remains of 38 will be brought back as identification of one body is still pending, Singh said before leaving.
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VK Singh to leave for Iraq to bring back bodies of 39 Indians
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MoS VK Singh to leave for Iraq to bring back bodies of 39 Indians
India | Mar 31, 2018, 11:47 PM ISTEarlier this month, Swaraj had told Parliament that as many as 40 Indians were abducted by terror group ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangladesh.
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Indians killed in Mosul: VK Singh set to fly to Iraq; govt to handover mortal remains to families
India | Mar 31, 2018, 01:48 PM ISTEarlier this month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a suo motu statement in the Rajya Sabha, had said that all the 39 Indians abducted by the terror outfit in Iraq's Mosul three years ago are dead and their bodies have been recovered.
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Aaj Ki Baat Mar 22 episode: Rajat Sharma advises against politicking over killing of 39 Indians
Mar 23, 2018, 03:55 PM ISTNo government can declare its 39 nationals dead based on the testimony of a single witness, who survived the massacre.
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Exclusive: MoS for External Affairs Gen VK Singh on killing of 39 Indians in Mosul
News | Mar 22, 2018, 07:31 PM IST