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UN special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq's Mosul
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 17 (ANI): Prominent Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is the Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday less than a year after the city's liberation from three years of Islamic State (IS).
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14 killed in Baghdad blast
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq] June 7 (ANI): At least 14 persons were killed and over 90 others wounded in an explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district on Wednesday, according to an official.
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PIL seeking probe into Mosul killings dismissed
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking "detailed investigation" into alleged lapses by the Centre in saving 39 Indians, who were killed in Iraq's Mosul.
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12 killed in suspected IS attack in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jun 3 (ANI): Suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Saturday shot dead at least 12 members of a family in an ambush in Saladin province of northern Iraq, according to an Iraqi security official.
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US military operations killed 500 civilians globally in 2017: Pentagon
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington, [USA], June 3 (ANI): US military operations around the world claimed the lives of 500 civilians in 2017, according to a Pentagon report released on Friday (local time).
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PIL seeks SIT probe into killing of Indians in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction for the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate into the death of 39 Indians who were held and killed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group
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Turkey neutralises 6 PKK terrorists in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 25 (ANI): The Turkish military neutralised six terrorists in northern Iraq on Friday.
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Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars yacht repurposed as a hotel
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Basra [Iraq], May 24 (ANI): Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's 30 million dollars, 270-foot presidential yacht, named the Basrah Breeze, will now operate as a hotel facility for Iraqi maritime pilots shipping in and out of Basra.
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Pope Francis to induct new cardinals in June
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Vatican City (Rome) [Italy], May 21 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday made an announcement that he would elevate 14 churchmen to the rank of cardinals in the Catholic Church.
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Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq Parliamentary elections
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 19 (ANI): Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political coalition is said to have won the majority in the Iraq parliamentary elections conducted on April 12.
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Son of Surabaya church bombing victim forgives attackers
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 18 (ANI): The son of a Surabaya bombing victim said that the family had forgiven the ones responsible, during the funeral for his mother, Lim killed in the blast at Saint Mary Immaculate (SMTB) Catholic Church.
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Surabaya HQ attack: 54 bombs found in suicide bomber's home
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Surabaya [Indonesia], May 16 (ANI): On May 15, the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad found in a raid a total of 54 pipe bombs at the home of Tri Murtiono.
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