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Iraq dropped from ban list after lobbying at highest levels: Report
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): After reports in the U.S. media suggested that Iraq will not feature in the ban list in the revised immigration order by President Donald Trump, it has emerged that the country's name was dropped after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the
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Iraq dropped from ban list, says Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 (ANI): White House advisor Kellyanne Conway has confirmed that Iraq will not be included under the travel ban in revised executive order on immigration and refugees.
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IS forces captives to convert to Islam: Yazidi activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Lamia Haji Bashar, Yazidi woman activist, who escaped from the Islamic State in Iraq narrating her suffering said the extremists forced the captives to convert to Islam and called other religions unacceptable.
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Israeli PM to meet Putin to discuss Iranian military presence in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Mar. 5 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday and urge him to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria.
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Pak, Iran discuss matters of regional security, mutual interest
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Mar. 5 (ANI): Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss matters of regional security and mutual interest.
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Alarm bells ring in Pak as ISIS establishing strong footprint
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 4 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym 'Daesh' is reportedly in the process of establishing a strong footprint across Pakistan, and especially in the bo
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Accepting defeat in Iraq, ISIS chief Baghdadi asks fighters to flee
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Mar. 2(ANI): Islamic State's supreme leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has delivered a farewell speech where he ordered his fighters to flee urban areas in Mosul and acknowledged the group's defeat in Iraq, according to reports.
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Indian engineer killed: Kansas shooter thought he'd shot 'two Ir
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Feb. 28 (ANI): In the high-profile case that is being investigated as a possible hate crime, it has been revealed that the man accused of shooting two technology workers from India and another man at a bar in Kansas last week, had opened fire thinking they were Iranian natio
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Kurds to offer seized territory to recapture Mosul from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 26 (ANI): In a renewed push for independence from Baghdad, Iraqi Kurdish leaders are likely to offer territory seized by their forces in a bid to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists.
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45 killed in car bomb explosion in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Feb. 24 (ANI): At least 45 people have reportedly been killed and several others injured after a car bomb hit Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in a village near al-Bab.
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Iraqi forces recaptures Mosul airport from ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): Iraqi security forces recaptured the Mosul airport from ISIS, a key part of the government's offensive to drive the Islamic State (IS) from the western half of the city.
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Islamabad, Tehran agree to strengthen security along Pakistan-Iran border
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 23 (ANI): Pakistan and Iran have agreed that the Border Security Commission of the two countries will meet soon to ensure that terrorists and smugglers are not able to operate from each other's territories.
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