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Pope Francis on historic trip to Iraq, to meet Shia Muslim leader Sistani
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 6 (ANI): Pope Francis, arrived in Iraq on Friday (local time) for a historic four-day tour of the war-torn country and will meet with its top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a popular Shia Muslim figure, on Saturday.
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Vatican's envoy to Iraq contracts coronavirus, Pope's visit as planned
Updated : 5 years 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 : 5 years 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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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Iraq reports 1,660 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Saturday 1,660 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total nationwide number of cases to 627,416.
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US airstrike in Iraq kills top ISIS leader
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 30 (ANI): The US-led military coalition killed the top Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader in Iraq at Kirkuk on Wednesday in an airstrike, reported The Hill.
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Several suspected organisers of twin terrorist attacks in Baghdad detained
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Several people suspected of organising the recent twin terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have been detained, a member of the Iraqi parliament's defence and security committee said.
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