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An Iraqi Army soldier distributes candies to displaced children as they flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi officers find IS members hidden among refugees fleeing Mosul

Just over a week into the offensive on the militants' last urban bastion in Iraq, some 14,000 inhabitants have slipped...

1 March 2017 8:15 AM IST

The barbaric tactic, coupled with other increasingly desperate battlefield measures, is a sign the IS group knows defeat is inevitable, officials say. (Photo: Representational Image)

UN: 8,000 flee as Iraqi forces fight IS in western Mosul

Iraqi forces have captured the city's international airport and a huge military base next to it as well as parts of the...

28 Feb 2017 5:50 PM IST

The horrifying video was apparently uploaded online by fighters with the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Units.

ISIS fits puppy bomber with bomb belt

Authenticity of the video that landed online is yet to be clarified.

28 Feb 2017 2:20 AM IST

Violence since October has killed 227 Palestinians, 34 Israelis, two Americans, one Eritrean and a Sudanese. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Israeli forces shoot Palestinian woman at West Bank crossing

The Palestinian woman was lightly injured and taken by Israeli ambulance for medical treatment.

27 Feb 2017 8:23 PM IST

Child soldiers are often used by ISIS as part of their so-called Caliphate cubs wing which indoctrinates youths into their monstrous ranks. (Representational Image)

Last letters: From Mosul schoolboys to ISIS 'martyrs'

The terrorists also left a handwritten registry containing the personal details of about 50 recruits.

27 Feb 2017 7:12 PM IST

An Iraqi federal police officer holds his nose as he points towards a mass grave in Hamam al-Alil, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

In Iraq's desert, mass grave horror beneath the dirt

A month after the area was taken from ISIS, the once-cavernous hole now extends just a few metres down for most of its...

27 Feb 2017 6:33 PM IST

Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria said the new talks would begin from Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Airstrikes kill 11 in Syria's Idlib, say activists

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights blamed the attack on government warplanes.

27 Feb 2017 5:48 PM IST

Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani at the Heart of Asia Conference, in Amritsar on Sunday. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Afghanistan: Taliban's shadow governor killed in Kunduz

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the death, saying it was an American airstrike in the Dashti Archi...

27 Feb 2017 4:16 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Israel asks Amazon to stop selling Holocaust-denying literature

However, the internet retailing giant insisted it would not halt sales of offensive and inciting material, citing...

26 Feb 2017 8:22 PM IST

Irans ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad. (Photo: AP)

Great men of history have paid respect to women: Ex Iran prez to Trump...

Ahmadinejad also takes issue with Trump's visa ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran.

26 Feb 2017 7:42 PM IST

Turkish-backed forces still may need to be trained and, potentially, supplemented by a far larger number of American troops than the 500 special operations forces in Syria now. (Photo: AP)

Syria opposition on same track as US on terrorism, Iran

The Syrian opposition is trying to establish themselves as a more suitable ally to US, compared to Assad's forces or...

25 Feb 2017 9:12 PM IST

The attacks hit the headquarters of state security and military intelligence. (Photo: Representational Image)

Twin suicide attacks on bases in Syria's Homs kill 42: monitor

The attacks hit the headquarters of state security and military intelligence in two central districts.

25 Feb 2017 1:16 PM IST