ESKirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Fourteen Islamic State militants and security personnel were killed as confrontations broke out in south of Kirkuk, a security source said on Tuesday. “Al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] invaded Kadamat village, south of Kirkuk, where confrontations occurred against IS militants,” the source told Baghdad Today. “Troops managed to …
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TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council cautioned Western and Arab sponsors of terrorism against the consequences of their conduct, saying the employment of terrorist groups as a political instrument has led to tragic incidents in the heart of Europe. In a meeting with the president of …
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The Centre has allocated funds for the purchase of bullet-proof vehicles for the personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said this during his interaction with police officials in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district today on the second day of his 4-day visit to the state. …
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TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the international community to join hands to halt the massacre and mass expulsion of Muslims in Myanmar. In a meeting with the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, held in Tehran on Wednesday, Zarif called for …
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TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that the new US administration’s policy to humiliate and intimidate other nations would reach nowhere. Speaking at a meeting with the Japanese prime minister’s special envoy, Masahiko Komura, in Tehran on Wednesday, President Rouhani pointed to recent tensions in East Asia and US …
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TEHRAN– Syrian government forces advanced against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) on Tuesday to reach troops surrounded for years by the terrorists in a government-held enclave in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, a report said. “The Syrian army and its allies break the siege on Deir ez-Zor,” a media …
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TEHRAN – Iranian forces patrol the Persian Gulf in accordance with international regulations, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said, deriding the idea that such patrol operations or war games should be coordinated with trans-regional forces coming from thousands of miles away. Addressing a conference on defense laws, …
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Doha, Aug 27 (IANS) Turkey has arrested five people in connection with the alleged hack of Doha’s state news agency, an incident which sparked the current Gulf political crisis, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported on Saturday. The arrests were announced by Qatar’s most senior legal figure, Attorney General Ali bin …
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Vijayawada, AP Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu met with Australian Consul General Sean Kelly regarding opportunities to breathe new life into the relationship between the two nations. They discussed potential projects on a number of key areas of Australian expertise, including mining, road transport, and education and so on. The …
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in northern province yesterday. Officials said that a checkpoint manned by local police was attacked in the Mirzawalang area of Sar-e Pul province. The assailants then entered the village and shot dead mainly Shia Muslim civilians including women and children. A spokesman for the provincial Governor said they were killed …
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