BAGHDAD/DUBAI – Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned the U.S.-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and the wider Middle East into deeper conflict. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said attacks by both sides inside Iraq this month showed […]
NEW DELHI – One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on an average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female. The highly publicised gang rape and murder […]
Kolkata, Jan 10: Alleging that the decisions of the BJP-led government at the Centre have largely been discriminatory, TMC MP Derek O’ Brien on Friday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), much like demonetisation, would hurt the poor most. O’Brien, while participating in a discussion on the CAA at […]
Dhanbad (Jharkhand)/Bengaluru, Jan 10: An accused wanted in the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh over two years ago has been arrested in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, the police said on Friday. Personnel of the Karnatka Special Investigation Team, set up to probe the killing that triggered a national outrage, […]
Kolkata, Jan 10: The West Bengal administration has planned foolproof security arrangements to prevent any untoward incident during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the city starting Saturday evening, a senior government official said on Friday. The Intelligence Branch had submitted a report to the state stating that […]
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within a week all orders imposing curbs in the Union Territory while holding that access to Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution A five-judge bench headed by […]
TORONTO — The worst had passed, it seemed, and the United States and Iran no longer appeared poised at the edge of war. “All is well!” President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday night, days after a U.S. drone strike killed Iran’s most powerful general, and Iran, after a barrage […]
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has told the U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating the mechanism for the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq, according to a statement released Friday. The statement, from the office of the Iraqi caretaker […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Western allegation that Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner and killed 176 people offers a grim echo for the Islamic Republic, which found itself the victim of an accidental shootdown by American forces over 30 years ago. The July 3, 1988 downing of Iran […]
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to share any information they have on the crash, which killed all 176 people on board. Western leaders […]
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