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Rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad, no casualties
Baghdad: At least two rockets struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday without causing any casualties, Iraq’s army said in a statement. Security officials said the US Embassy was the…
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Middle East
Iran closes Iraq border to curb spread of mutant COVID-19 variant
Tehran: In an effort to curb the spread of mutant variant of COVID-19, the Iran government on Saturday announced the closure of several border points with Iraq, reports said. Iran’s health minister…
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World
ISIS could regain capacity to orchestrate attacks in 2021: UN official
United Nations: The threat posed by ISIS to international peace and security is on the rise again and the terror group could regain the capacity to orchestrate attacks in different parts…
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Middle East
Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad, at least 32 dead
Baghdad: Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The rare suicide bombing attack hit the…
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Middle East
7 killed in bomb explosion at northern Iraq
Baghdad: Six security members and a civilian were killed on Sunday in a bomb explosion in the west of Nineveh’s provincial capital Mosul, local security and a medic said. The…
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Middle East
Iraqi court issues arrest warrant against Trump for murder
Baghdad: An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year, Iraq’s judiciary…
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Middle East
Iraq reports 757 new COVID cases, tally rises to 599,126
Baghdad: The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 757 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total nationwide infections to 599,126. It reported in statement 12 new deaths, raising the death toll…
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Middle East
Baghdad procession marks anniversary of Iran general’s death
Baghdad: A mock funeral procession in Iraq marked the one-year anniversary of the US drone strike near Baghdad that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and top Iraqi militia leader Abu…
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World
Iraqi PM Al-Kadhimi attempts regional outreach for peace at home
Talmiz Ahmad Just as Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was trying to grapple with his country’s economic woes by implementing a 23 percent devaluation of the national currency on December19,…
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World
Trump pardons 4 US contractors convicted for killing 14 civilians in Iraq
Washington: US President Donald Trump has granted pardons to four former contractors of a private security company who were convicted over the killing of 14 civilians, including a nine-year-old boy…
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World
Iraq: 7 security men killed in attack by gunmen
Baghdad: A total of seven security men were killed on Saturday in an attack by gunmen, believed to be militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, in the province…
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Middle East
Iraq reports 2,690 new COVID cases
Baghdad: The Iraqi Health Ministry has reported 2,690 new COVID-19 cases, raising the number of nationwide infections to 514,496. The new cases include 983 in the capital Baghdad, 247 in…
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Middle East
Middle East: Bank announces loan for second marriage, faces flak
Cairo: An Iraqi state-owned bank has announced a loan for civil servants marrying for the second time. The move has provoked anger among pro-women advocates. Al Rasheed Bank offers loan…
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Middle East
3 rockets hit Baghdad airport
Baghdad: Three Katyusha rockets landed at the edge of Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place on Friday evening and the three rockets were fired from al-Radhwaniyah…
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World
Qatar, Iraq to set up hospitals for injured people in Beirut
Beirut [Lebanon]: Fully equipped field hospitals from Qatar and Iraq to assist victims of the Beirut port blast will arrive in Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.It said…
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Featured News
Iraqi PM focused on ending country’s conflicts
Talmiz Ahmad As Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi neared two months in office in late June, his counterterrorism forces raided the offices of Kata’ib Hezbollah, a radical member of the…
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Burial of COVID-19 victim in Iraq
Najaf: Members of the Shiite Imam Ali brigades militia load bodies of a coronavirus victims during a funeral at Wadi al-Salam cemetery near Najaf, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2020. A…
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World
4 rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone
Baghdad: Four Katyusha rockets on Thursday hit the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said. The attack took place after midnight when the four rockets…
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News
Iraq reports highest 1,635 new COVID-19 cases
Baghdad: The Iraqi health ministry recorded 1,635 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease, bringing the total nationwide infections to 27,352. The new cases included…
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Middle East
7 IS militants killed in airstrike in eastern Iraq
Baghdad: Seven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike during an operation in the eastern province of Diyala of Iraq, Iraqi military said. The incident took place when an…
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World
Trump warns Iran against attacking US troops in Iraq
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that Tehran should expect a bold US response if Iran or Iranian-backed groups attack American forces or assets in Iraq. US-Iran tensions soared following…
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Top Stories
Iraq cemeteries deny burial of COVID victims; bodies piling up
Baghdad: For Saad Malik, losing his father to the novel coronavirus was only the beginning of his nightmare. For over a week, cemeteries across Iraq refused to allow the elderly man’s burial.…
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News
Two rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone: Iraq military
Baghdad: Two rockets slammed into the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone, the high-security enclave home to government buildings and foreign embassies, early on Thursday, the military said. An Iraqi security source…
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COVID-19 scare: Iraq on total lockdown until March 28
Baghdad: Iraq on Sunday imposed a total nationwide lockdown until March 28 to fight the novel coronavirus, as the number of cases grew and the death toll climbed to 20.…
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Middle East
US launches retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed fighters in Iraq
Baghdad: The United States military warplanes launched retaliatory strikes on the Iran-backed Shia militia bases believed to be the launch site of the rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq, that…
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Middle East
Iraq reports first death from COVID-19
Baghdad: A 70-year-old man who was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 on Wednesday in the Iraqi province of Sulaimaniyah has died, a health official said. It is the first…
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Middle East
Iraqi women take to streets, defy Shia cleric
Baghdad: Thousands of Iraqi women took to the streets across the country, defying a call by the influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to separate men and women during protests. Many…
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Hyderabad News
16 labourers stranded in Iraq return to India
Hyderabad: Sixteen labourers from Telangana, who were stranded in Iraq for more than two years, returned to India following efforts by the Central and State governments. The labourers, who hailed…
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Middle East
Iraqi protesters face off against cleric’s followers
Diwaniyah: Anti-government demonstrators faced off against followers of influential cleric Moqtada Sadr in protest squares across Iraq Tuesday, a day after one demonstrator was killed in a clash between the…
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Middle East
Iraq gets new PM as protests enter 5th month
Baghdad: Iraqi President Barham Saleh named Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the new Prime Minister with the task of addressing the massive popular dissatisfaction behind the four months of anti-government protests…
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