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IS claims twin suicide bombings in Iraq's Baghdad
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Iraq's capital Baghdad that killed 32 people and wounded 116 others, Iraq media reports said on Friday.
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UN chief condemns suicide bombings in Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Thursday's deadly twin suicide bombings targeting civilians at a market in Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, said his spokesman.
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Death toll from twin terrorist attack in Baghdad rose to 28
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll in a double suicide attack in central Baghdad on Thursday rose to 28, while the number of those injured increased to 73, Tahsin Al-Khafaji, a spokesman for the country's Joint Operations Command, said.
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8 people killed, 15 injured in Baghdad suicide bomb attack
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 21 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and 15 injured in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday in Iraq's capital city Baghdad.
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Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, calls Trum
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 20 (ANI): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect Joe Biden to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by outgoing President Donald Trump's administration.
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US has 'urgent' responsibility to ensure Iran doesn't acquire nuclear weap
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): The United States has an "urgent" responsibility to ensure that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, said state secretary nominee Antony Blinken, adding that the upcoming Biden administration is "a long way" from executing its plan to return to the Ir
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Iraq approves Sinopharm, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi authorities have approved the coronavirus vaccines by UK-Swedish company AstraZeneca and China's Sinopharm for emergency use, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
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Iran reports 5,917 new COVID-19 cases, 1,342,134 in total
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry reported 5,917 daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total nationwide infections to 1,342,134.
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Iran, six other nations lose right to vote in UNGA
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], January 19 (ANI): Iran and six other nations lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) because they have not paid their dues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, reported Jerusalem Post.
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Trump lifts travel ban on UK, Ireland, Brazil despite surge in COVID-19 ca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): Despite the fact that the US on Monday (local time) surpassed 24 million COVID-19 cases, President Donald Trump has issued an executive order lifting the travel restrictions, which were placed due to the pandemic, on much of Europe and Brazil with effect
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India supplied two Mobile Harbour Cranes to Iran's Chabahar port
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): A consignment of two Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) have been supplied to Iran's Chabahar port by India with a total contract value of over USD 25 Million under a contract agreement for the supply of six MHC.
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UAE-Ireland ODI to be played on Monday
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 17 (ANI): After being postponed a few times, the second ODI between UAE and Ireland is all set to be played on Monday, with the UAE authorities giving the go-ahead for the resume competitive action.
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