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Obama says, we will hit ISIS wherever they exist
World | Sep 11, 2014, 12:50 PM ISTWashington: Nearly six years after he entered the White House with a promise to end America's decade of wars, President Barack Obama has reversed course with a vow to strike the Islamic State terrorists "wherever
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US conducts more air strikes against ISIL in Iraq
World | Aug 17, 2014, 08:34 AM ISTWashington: US military forces continued air strikes against forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) over the past two days, successfully destroying their several armed vehicles in north Iraq, the US
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Genital mutilation against Islam sanctity: Indian clerics
India | Jul 26, 2014, 09:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: The reported order passed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants for girls and women in and around Mosul in Iraq was Friday condemned by Indian Muslim clerics who said
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ISIL poses serious security threat to Iraq, says US
World | Jul 04, 2014, 10:58 AM ISTWashington: The ISIL which has gained control over a large part of Iraq and Syria poses serious security threat to the Iraq and Iraqi leadership should quickly come together to form a new government in
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Iraq PM warns against exploiting militant offensive
National | Jun 26, 2014, 12:05 PM ISTBaghdad: Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals today against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new government must be based on an election he won. His remarks came
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Iraq PM warns against exploiting militant offensive
World | Jun 26, 2014, 08:13 AM ISTBaghdad: Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals today against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new government must be based on an election he won. His remarks came
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US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq
World | Jun 24, 2014, 07:13 AM ISTBaghdad/New Delhi: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq Monday for discussions on the ongoing crisis.During his Iraq visit, Kerry was scheduled to meet, besides Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari
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Militants seize more Iraq towns as US warns on spillover
World | Jun 23, 2014, 11:01 AM ISTBaghdad: Sunni militants have advanced in western Iraq and killed 21 people after security forces withdrew from several towns, as US President Barack Obama warned the offensive could spill over into other regional nations.The losses
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Iraq violence: With prayer on their lips, families of abducted Indians wait
India | Jun 20, 2014, 11:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Manjeet Singh last called up home 10 days ago before he was abducted. He, along with 39 other Indian nationals, was kidnapped by Sunni militants in Mosul in northern Iraq that is in
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48 foreign captives released in Iraq, no news of Indians hostages
World | Jun 20, 2014, 09:26 AM ISTKirkuk/New Delhi: Militants who have seized large swathes of territory while advancing towards Iraq's capital Baghdad have released 48 foreigners, including four Turks, held captive for several days. However, there is no news of the
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Gunmen storm Iraq University, take dozens of students hostage
World | Jun 08, 2014, 07:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: Gunman stormed a university in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Saturday, taking hundreds of students and their professors hostage on campu. The attackers charged into Anbar University, near the provincial capital Ramadi,