Iraq
Blasts kill one at Hossaini Dalan
At least one person was killed and about 87 others were injured in homemade bomb explosions in front of Hossaini Dalan in old Dhaka early hours today.
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
140 migrants land at UK base in Cyprus
Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, land at the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus, the Ministry of Defence says.
21 October 2015, 09:07 AM
Bryan Adams goes retro with 'Get Up' album
Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams says his new album, "Get Up," is the ideal follow-up record to his iconic "Reckless" album of 30 years ago.
17 October 2015, 06:10 AM
Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them
Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them.
12 October 2015, 06:45 AM
Iraq IS: Military claims al-Baghdadi convoy hit
Iraq's air force hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says.
11 October 2015, 14:55 PM
Ending Syria war ‘key to migrant crisis’
Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official tells the BBC.
14 September 2015, 06:20 AM
Germany welcomes political asylum-seekers, not illegal migrants: Envoy
German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz today says his country will welcome political asylum-seekers but no illegal migrants.
7 September 2015, 07:06 AM
Palmyra temple 'blown up by IS'
Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra's ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syrian officials and activists say.
24 August 2015, 04:38 AM
Wall for nothing: The growing taste for border fences
Globalisation is supposed to tear down barriers, but security fears and a widespread refusal to help migrants and refugees have fuelled a new spate of wall-building across the world, even if experts doubt their long-term effectiveness.
22 August 2015, 05:56 AM
IS 'deputy' killed in air strike, US says
A deputy leader of Islamic State (IS), Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says.
22 August 2015, 05:04 AM
IS claims bomb attack which killed 76 in Baghdad
At least 76 people were killed and 212 wounded today in a blast claimed by Islamic State in Baghdad's Sadr City, police and medical.
13 August 2015, 09:16 AM
IS used chemical weapons against Syria, Iraq Kurds: Experts
The Islamic State group fired chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq last month, Kurdish fighters and weapons experts have said reports The Economic Times.
20 July 2015, 09:47 AM
‘IS bombings’ kill 120 in Iraq on Eid day
A car bomb kills 120 people and injures at least 130 at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.
18 July 2015, 03:41 AM
UN: IS destruction of heritage sites a war crime
The UN's cultural agency says destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones by Islamic State and other extremist groups could amount to war crimes.
29 June 2015, 15:33 PM
12 killed, 70 hurt in Syria bomb attack, clashes: Officials
Twelve people are killed and 70 wounded in a car bomb blast and attacks by Islamic State militants in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, hospital officials in the town tell Reuters by telephone.
25 June 2015, 06:56 AM
Jihadists' slave markets sell girls at any price: UN envoy
Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexual violence said Monday.
9 June 2015, 07:05 AM
Australia to pass law to strip citizenship for terror crimes
Australia plans to pass a law within weeks to give the government power to strip citizenship from dual nationals who are suspected terrorists even if they are not convicted of a crime, the prime minister says.
26 May 2015, 06:33 AM
Iraq will take back Ramadi from IS 'in days'
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi says that the city of Ramadi could be taken back from Islamic State militants "in days".
25 May 2015, 05:46 AM
What’s on Laden’s bookshelf revealed
Laden was fixated on attacking US targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause,according to documents the US says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan.
20 May 2015, 19:51 PM
Iraq returnees demand compensation
Returning empty-handed from Iraq, 19 workers demand compensation and licence cancellation of two recruiting agencies for cheating with them 17 months back.
18 May 2015, 13:16 PM