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Bodies of Indians killed by Daesh in Iraq to be flown home

The remains of 38 Indian construction workers captured and killed by Daesh (ISIS) in northern Iraq have been handed over to Indian authorities in Baghdad and will be flown home. Indian Ambassador Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit said the bodies had been taken to Baghdad International Airport...

Iraqis stage sit-in to protest collapse of services

Hundreds of Iraqis staged an open sit-in on Sunday to protest the collapse of services in the eastern part of the capital.   “We have come out today to protest years of deliberate government negligence,” Jabbar Latif, an elder from the Shia-majority al-Fadhiliya district in...

EU urges independent probe into Gaza deaths

The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini called Saturday for an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition by Israel's military following clashes in Gaza that left 16 Palestinians dead. "The EU mourns the loss of life. Our thoughts are with the families of the...

'Three-fourths of Al-Aqsa Mosque built by Ottomans'

Three-fourths of Jerusalem’s historic Al-Aqsa Mosque was built by the Ottoman Empire, said a Palestinian scholar on Saturday. "Al-Aqsa is an issue which concerns the whole Muslim community. Today we see Turkey leading this community," Nawaf Takruri, head of the Council of Palestinian...