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5.8 magnitude quake jolts Iran-Iraq border
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 06(ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on Richter scale struck the Iran-Iraq border region on Sunday.
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Children of Russian IS fighters jailed in Iraq flown to Moscow
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 31 (Sputnik/ANI): A plane from Baghdad carrying 30 Russian children whose mothers remain in Iraqi prisons for joining an Islamist terror group landed at a Moscow airport on Sunday, airport authorities said.
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China-Pakistan alliance a threat, says veteran US Army Colonel
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 29 (ANI): Veteran U.S. Army Colonel, Lawrence Sellin, has expressed concerns over growing economic and military alliance between Pakistan and China.
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Trump brags US troops on military pay raise
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq) Dec 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who was on his maiden visit to Iraq, met military troops stationed in Baghdad and claimed that he gave them a 10 per cent pay raise and called it the first hike in more than a decade. However, the soldiers will actually receive a 2.6 pe
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Iraq: Trump defends pulling out army troops from Syria
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Al Asad Air Base [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): US President Donald Trump, who is on his first trip to visit troops stationed in Iraq, defended his decision of pulling out armed forces from Syria stating that US military gains against the Islamic State terror group is the reason he can withdraw 2,000
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Trump makes unannounced first trip to Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 27 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump made an unannounced first trip on Wednesday to troops in a combat zone in Iraq as President. Trump was accompanied by the First Lady Melania Trump.
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ISIS claims responsibility for Libya attack
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Dec 26 (ANI): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the gruesome attack on the Foreign Ministry building here that left three people dead and injured 18.
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Terror financing from Pakistan concerns Canada: Report
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Dec 14 (ANI): A 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada has raised concerns over terror financing from various countries including Pakistan.
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6.3 magnitude quake jolts Iran-Iraq border
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Nov 25 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Iran-Iraq border area on Sunday.
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ISIL's legacy of terror: 200 mass graves found in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 6 (ANI): More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by ISIL in Iraq, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. The report highlights the legacy of ISIL's relentless campaign o
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25 ISIS terrorists killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], Nov 5 (ANI): As many as 25 terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group were killed in US-led airstrikes in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province on Sunday.
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Iraqi PM calls for tighter security measures on border with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 28 (ANI): Newly sworn-in Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday advocated the need for advanced and tighter security measures along its border with war-torn Syria.
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