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Vatican's envoy to Iraq contracts coronavirus, Pope's visit as planned
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican's ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) to Iraq, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources from the apostolic nunciature in Baghdad confirmed.
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Clashes between protesters, police in Iraq leave 1 killed, 14 injured
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): One person died and 14 others were injured at an ongoing political protest in Iraq's southern Nasiriyah city as a result of clashes with law enforcement, Iraqi news agency Shafaq reported on Thursday, citing a source.
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3 rockets hit airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Three Katyusha rockets on Saturday landed on an Iraqi military airbase in Iraq's Salahudin province, a provincial security source said.
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6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 (ANI): The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish national security" is "unfair and disproportionate", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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UNSC must focus on eliminating threats posed by terror groups in Iraq, say
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], February 17 (ANI): Expressing serious concerns on the terrorist attacks that took place last month in Baghdad, India on Tuesday (local time) said that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should focus on eliminating every threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and
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Rockets hit US base in Iraq: 1 killed, 8 injured
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 16 (ANI): Rockets struck near the Erbil international airport where US forces are based in northern Iraq on Monday killing one US-led coalition contractor and wounding at least eight other people.
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Iraq reports 2,224 new COVID-19 cases, 643,852 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Sunday 2,224 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally of confirmed cases in the country to 643,852.
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Iraq reports 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, 636,908 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Thursday 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily record in 2021, bringing the tally to 636,908.
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