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  18 Islamic State militants killed in Iraq

  World | Jul 04, 2019, 07:53 AM IST

  In Iraq's western province of Anbar, four IS militants were killed and their vehicle destroyed when paramilitary tribal fighters raided their hideout in Akashat area in the desert near the border with Syria, the media office of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

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  Israel bombs Gaza, Hamas fires rockets; 37 killed

  World | Jul 09, 2014, 05:37 PM IST

  Gaza/Jerusalem:  In the worst flare-up in two years, at least 37 Palestinians have been killed as the Israeli military today stepped up its offensive pounding Hamas targets in Gaza while almost the whole of Israel