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Photographs shared on social media showed cars, kitchens and furniture caked in thick dust beneath an orange sky. (Photo: Representational Image)

Man taking selfie among seven dead in Iran storms

The 40-year-old was swept away while taking the photograph beside a river swollen by the breach of the earthen dam.

18 Feb 2017 3:34 PM IST

Paramedics carry a victim of a car bomb attack at a hospital in Viransehir, Turkey. (Photo: AP)

Turkey detains 26 people after car bomb, governor says PKK responsible

A vehicle loaded with explosives was remotely detonated in the garden of a housing complex for judges and prosecutors.

18 Feb 2017 2:40 PM IST

Islamic State group released a video purportedly showing two Turkish soldiers being burned alive. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Iraqis risk all to spy on Islamic State militants in Mosul

Iraqi intelligence has some 300 people working as informants inside the city of Mosul.

18 Feb 2017 12:52 PM IST

File photo of Islamic State fighters. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

I raped more than 200 women': Captive IS militant says mass rapes were...

Amar Hussein said his local Islamic State commanders, gave him and others a green light to rape as many Yazidi women as...

18 Feb 2017 8:22 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump calls media 'enemy of the American people'

Donald Trump has accused journalists of failing to show sufficient respect for his accomplishments.

18 Feb 2017 8:18 AM IST

Residents of four villages that lie just north of the city limits on the east bank of the Tigris have said that armed IS fighters are still in their midst. (Photo: AP)

In 'liberated' Mosul, residents say danger remains

People know that bloodshed could be just around the corner and they live in constant fear, a resident said.

17 Feb 2017 3:23 PM IST

Civilians gather at the site of a car bomb in a used car dealers parking lot in the southwestern al-Bayaa neighbourhood. (Photo: AP)

Baghdad car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 59

Islamic State has carried out near-daily attacks in Baghdad despite suffering military setbacks elsewhere in the...

17 Feb 2017 8:16 AM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AP)

Syria: Trump's travel ban meant for terrorists not Syrian people, says...

In an interview with French media Assad expressed understanding for the ban and said it was for terrorists.

16 Feb 2017 5:59 PM IST

People gather at the scene of a car bombing near an outdoor market in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Turkish bombing kills 24 civilians in Syrian town

The number of dead included 11 children but Turkish army claims that only terrorists were killed in the operation.

16 Feb 2017 3:21 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Photo: AP)

Syria's Assad lashes out at France's Hollande ahead of polls

Assad accused Francois Hollande of sponsoring terror in Syria.

16 Feb 2017 2:37 PM IST

Huthi rebels, who control the capital, accused a Saudi-backed coalition of carrying out the strike. (Photo: Representational Image)

8 women, 1 child killed in air raid near Yemen capital: medics

At least 10 more women were reported wounded in the raid, which hit the women's reception area at a funeral.

16 Feb 2017 12:31 PM IST

An Israeli warplane and a drone in Syria was allegedly shot down by Syria army. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Up, up and away: Passenger-carrying drone to fly in Dubai

The drone, a Chinese-made EHang 184 - is an egg-shaped craft with four legs sticking out.

13 Feb 2017 7:53 PM IST