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Iraq starts offensive against ISIS in western Mosul
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 19 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Iraq has launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from the Islamic State militants.
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US court rules against reinstating Trump's travel ban order
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 10(ANI): In a major blow to US President Donald Trump administration, a three-judge federal appeals panel has unanimously refused to reinstate the travel ban from countries like Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
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Innovative technique connects liver `directly` to the heart
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): A 21-year-old Iraqi woman, who suffered from a rare genetic condition in which blood clots prevented the flow of blood into the liver and outflow from the liver to the heart, has been given another chance to live a full and happy life by the doctors.
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U.S. warns of possible attacks on Baghdad hotels frequented by western tra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Feb. 7 (ANI): The United States has issued a warning to travellers visiting Iraq as it has received "credible threats of possible terrorist attacks on hotels in the Iraqi capital frequently visited by western travellers".
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Trump's advisor makes up 'Bowling Green Massacre' to defend
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 3 (ANI): President Donald Trump's former campaign manager and now his senior advisor Kellyanne Conway has in an interview with an American TV channel referred to a made up terrorist attack committed by Iraqi refugees, the "Bowling Green Massacre" while def
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Kuwait imposes visa ban on five Muslim-majority nations including Pak
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb. 2 (ANI) Following the Muslim ban in the U.S., Kuwait has now suspended the issuance of visas for travellers native to Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
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Air strikes kill 21 ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan's Zabul province
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 23 (ANI): At least 21 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have been killed in air strikes carried out by the Afghan Air Forces in Zabul province.
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ISIS militants kidnap 13 seminary teachers in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 16 (ANI): At least 13 seminary teachers were abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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11 killed, 25 injured in Baghdad suicide car bomb attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan. 8 (ANI): At least 11 people have been killed and 25 others wounded in a suicide car bomb explosion at a busy market in eastern Baghdad, local police officials said.
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Militants kill eight coalmine workers from Hazara minority in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan. 8 (ANI): Eight coalmine workers in Tala wa Barfak district in Baghlan have been shot dead by a group of fighters affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
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Iraq: 28 killed in suicide attack in Baghdad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Irbil [Iraq], Dec. 31 (ANI): At least 28 people were killed and many others injured in a suicide attack on a busy commercial street in Baghdad, local authorities said.
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Saddam Hussein's daughter praises Trump's 'political sensib
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 23 (ANI): Raghad, the daughter of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, has said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has a 'high level of political sensibility' and hopes that he will be different from his predecessors.
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