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Vatican priest thanks Indian Govt. for rescuing him
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Indian origin Vatican priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil has thanked the Government of India for facilitating his rescue from Yemen over a year after he was abducted by a terror group.
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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 13 (ANI): The Iraqi Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against the independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders on September 25 and called on the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to negotiate with them for the unity of the country.
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US airstrike kills 11 insurgents in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 7 (ANI): At least eleven Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khorasan (ISIS-K) insurgents have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan will become Iraq if war is outsourced: Karzai
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Reacting to the alleged plans of the United States administration to outsource the war in Afghanistan, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said that if such step is taken, then the security situation in the country would get as worse as Iraq.
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NIA arrests one person from Kerala over ISIS links
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India] Aug 04 (ANI): An Alappuzha native has been taken into custody on Friday by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) over alleged links with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Airstrikes kill ISIS members in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], August 4 (ANI): The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria has said it killed 12 members of the terror group operating inside Syria in recent days, CNN reports.
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Omar Al-Hindi ISIS Module case: NIA conducts searches in Kerala, TN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India] August 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at two locations in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore, and one location in Kerala's Alappuzha as part of investigation in connection with the Omar Al-Hindi Islamic State of
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Kabul: Two Afghan workers for the Iraqi Embassy killed in attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 01 (ANI): Two Afghan workers for the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul were killed on Monday after few gunmen launched an attack.
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I reiterate that I won't declare anyone dead without proof: Swaraj on
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the day she gets proof of whereabouts of 39 missing Indians, abducted from Mosul in Iraq, she will inform about them via Twitter or in the Parliament if the session is on.
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U.S. coalition continue strikes against ISIS in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], July 27 (ANI) :U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria conducting 27 strikes, consisting of 32 engagements, inflicting major damage to radical Islamic forces and tactical units.
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Can't declare someone dead without proof: Sushma on 39 missing Indian
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has said that there is no evidence to substantiate the claim that 39 Indians missing in Mosul, Iraq, have died. "And declaring anyone dead without proof is a sin that I won't commit," she said.
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Opposition temporarily prevents Sushma from speaking on Mosul hostage cris
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Opposition on Wednesday temporarily prevented Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj from giving a statement on the ongoing Indian hostage crisis in Mosul, Iraq.
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