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Nazim Hamid stands next to his injured son Yasir, 11, a victim of a possible IS chemical attack in a hospital Irbil, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Twin blasts hit wedding near Iraq's Tikrit, kill 23: Government...

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Hajjaj, 20 km (14 miles) north of Tikrit.

9 March 2017 9:59 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Iraq to be exempted from new travel ban: White House source

The new executive order would keep a 90-day ban on travel to US by citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and...

6 March 2017 5:17 PM IST

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community gather for humanitarian aid at the Iraq-Syria border at Feeshkhabour border point. (Photo: AP)

Canada to welcome 1,200 Yezidi refugees from Iraq

The initiative follows Parliament's resolution last fall to take in Yezidis facing 'genocide' in Iraq at the hands of...

22 Feb 2017 7:55 AM IST

James Mattis (Photo: AP)

US 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil': Mattis

, Mattis has also sought an exemption from Trump's travel ban for Iraqis who served with US troops, including...

20 Feb 2017 8:21 PM IST

Residents are taking matters into their own hands, throwing grenades at the homes of people they accuse of supporting the ISIS. (Representational photo: AP)

Blowing up houses, digging up graves: Iraqis purge ISIS

Local people in Rfaila are purging every last vestige of ISIS's presence: demolishing terrorists' homes and even digging...

20 Feb 2017 9:26 AM IST

ISIS was forced out of Palmyra after intense Russian raids. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Iraq launches attack on ISIS-held west Mosul

The Islamic State group has put up stiff resistance to defend Mosul, where its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a

19 Feb 2017 9:36 PM IST

Agnes Marcaillou, director of the United Nations Mine Action Service. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)

40-50 years needed to clear weapons in Iraq, Syria: UN

The director of the United Nations Mine Action Service said that it will take decades of work to help the countries get...

5 April 2017 4:31 PM IST

A picture Jaber posted of herself cycling alongside an old man riding his own bicycle and staring at her in reproving disbelief made the rounds on Iraqi social media last year.

Iraq's 'cycling girls' ride for freedom

In Iraq's conservative society, the young woman cuts an unusual figure when she rides her red bicycle in the streets of...

10 Feb 2017 9:45 AM IST