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Chabahar, India's strategic gateway on fast track, vs OBOR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Baluchistan province on the south-eastern coast of Iran, is of a major strategic importance to India as it would give it sea-land access into Afghanistan and through Iran's eastern borders, to Central Asia.
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Israel denies involvement in Iraqi Kurdistan referendum
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 2 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rebuffed the claims by the Turkish Government of Israeli involvement in the Kurdish referendum in Iraq.
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Muharram observed with solemness across India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 01 (ANI): Muslims on Sunday observed Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, across India with solemness.
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Turkish jets hit Kurdistan Workers' Party arms dumps in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 1 (ANI): The Turkish military on Saturday conducted airstrikes on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq and destroyed arms depots and shelters.
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Watchdog urges UN inquiry into Iran recruiting Afghan kids to fight in Syr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Oct.1 (ANI): A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report today revealed that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been recruiting Afghan immigrant children, as young as 14, to fight in Syria and urged the United Nations to investigate the matter.
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Erbil urges Baghdad, U.N. to lift air embargo
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 1 (ANI): Northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has called on the United Nations and the federal government in Baghdad to lift an air embargo imposed on the region following this week's controversial independence referendum.
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Iran may abandon nuclear agreement if U.S. withdraws from deal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 1 (ANI) Iran may abandon the nuclear deal it reached with six major powers if the United States decides to withdraw from it.
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Flight ban imposed on Kurdistan by Iraq goes into effect
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 30 (ANI): In reaction to the unilateral vote on independence held on Monday, a flight ban on Iraq's Kurdistan, imposed by the government in Baghdad, has gone into effect at the autonomous region's airports.
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Turkish forces kill nine PKK terrorists in counter-terror operations
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], September 30 (ANI): At least nine terrorists of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or the PKK have been killed during counter-terror operations in Turkey and northern Iraq.
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US airstrike kills five ISIS terrorists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 29 (ANI): At least five terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group were killed in an airstrike carried out by the United States forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday.
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Richard Linklater weighs on how 'Last Flag Flying' will play in Trump era
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [U.S.A], Sept. 29 (ANI): Richard Linklater's upcoming movie 'Last Flag Flying' is about Vietnam War veterans who reunite to bury Carell's character's son, a soldier who died in Iraq.
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Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from ISIS captivity, arrives in Benga
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 29 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was rescued from the ISIS captivity, has arrived in Bengaluru on Friday morning.
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