GENEVA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United Nations condemned on Monday "appalling, widespread" crimes by Islamic State forces in Iraq, including mass executions of prisoners that could amount to war crimes. U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay condemned "grave, horrific human rights violations" being ...
Residents of Tabqa city and Islamic State militants tour the streets in celebration after Islamic State militants took over Tabqa air base in northeast Syria on August 24, 2014./ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday during talks with Iran's foreign ...
Zarif reaffirmed Tehran’s support for Iraq’s territorial unity and its fight against militants. (AFP)/ Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday during talks with Iran’s foreign minister that international efforts would be necessary to destroy Sunni militants of the Islamic ...
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday during talks with Iran's foreign minister that international efforts would be necessary to destroy Islamic State Sunni militants who have seized swathes of his country and of Syria. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, a ...
Iran, which is helping Iraq in its fight against jihadist-led militants, sent its foreign minister to Baghdad Sunday, as gunmen made a renewed push for the country's main oil refinery./ The United States, whose warplanes have launched more than 90 air strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists ...
BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Baghdad on an official visit to meet with the Iraqi leaders to discuss the bilateral relations and latest political and security development in Iraq, an official television reported on Sunday. The state-run ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, pictured during a meeting in Tehran, on August 4, 2014 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday began a two-day visit to Iraq, which is fighting a Sunni Muslim insurgency led by Islamic State ...
Iran's foreign minister has arrived in Iraq's capital for two days of talks. He is scheduled to meet with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari and Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi. Zarif is also set to meet with Iraqi president Fuad Masoum, outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and ...
Britain says it close to identifying Foley killer * Iraq urges international effort against Islamic State * Iran backs Baghdad's fight against the militants BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain is close to identifying a suspected British national shown beheading American journalist ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran's foreign minister says his country sees no need to send fighters to help the Iraqi government battle the Islamic State group, even as Sunni militants inch closer to the Iraq-Iran border. Speaking Sunday at a press conference in Baghdad, Mohammed Javad Zarif said "we do not ...
Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday during talks with Iran’s foreign minister that international efforts would be necessary to destroy Islamic State Sunni militants who have seized swathes of his country and of Syria. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, a ...
Iran denied on Sunday reports alleging the Islamic republic sent troops to Iraq to fight insurgents from the Islamic State group, while calling for regional and global cooperation to eliminate the extremist Sunni militant group that has seized and now rules large areas of Iraq and Syria. “We are ...
has refused to disclose the prosecution’s first three witnesses in advance to Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass revealed the move on Thursday, in response to a request from Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche. Steinglass pointed out how much Trump posts about possible witnesses and even ...
US officials say Israel hit Iran with a missile overnight on Friday, in what appears to be a retaliatory strike after weeks of escalating tensions between the two countries./ There are competing claims about the scale of the attack on the Isfahan region and the extent of any damage, with Iranian ...
This morning warning sirens sounded across northern Israel as they do most days. The army said later that it was a false alarm. But for the people of Israel it was a reminder - if one were needed - of just how fast and how easily Iran could retaliate if it wanted to./ For north of the border in ...
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News. Iran's state broadcaster IRIB downplayed reports of an attack, saying Isfahan was "safe and sound". Residents from the area sent BBC Persian this footage, which shows flashes in the sky. A large ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a ...
Play video Israeli missile strikes Iran from BBC News Channel/ It's nearly two hours since we first heard reports of explosions in Iran. Here's what we know so far:/ Two US officials have confirmed to the BBC's US partner CBS News that an Israeli missile has struck Iran/ We have live rolling ...
Reuters' template to be used in breaking news scenarios/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a ...
has not attended any of his children's high school or college graduation ceremonies, as of April 2024./ With one possible exception, Trump has been present at each of his children's high school and college graduations, according to contemporaneous reports and the recollections of other attendees ...
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by ...
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, was out driving west of Moscow, Idaho, the night of the slayings, , and the defense plans to offer a cell phone tower and radio frequency expert to partially corroborate this account, a court document ...