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IS truck bomb in Iraq kills 70 Shiite pilgrims

Most of the victims were Iranians, the largest contingent of foreigners in the pilgrimage

80 killed, 31 injured in suicide tanker blast in Iraq

Violence and armed conflicts killed 1,792 Iraqis and wounded 1,358 others in October across the country.

Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims: official

Blast struck in the village of Shomali, 120 kilometres south-east of the capital Baghdad and around 80 kilometres from Karbala

Iraqi Prime Minister warns Turkey as Ankara deploys troops

According to sources, Turkish military had deployed tanks and artillery to Southeastern districts near the Iraqi border

Iraq should be exempted from OPEC oil output freeze: Oil Minister

OPEC's second-largest producer, should get the same exemption as Nigeria and Libya, says Jabar Ali al-Luaibi

Iraq parliament in surprise vote to ban alcohol

Opponents argue, it might anger some minorities

Operation to retake Mosul from IS has begun: Iraq PM

Iraqi federal and allied forces have been tightening the noose on Mosul

Iraq's oil minister calls for increasing oil output in 2017

Jabar al-Luaibi has urged local and foreign companies to increase their production of oil and natural gas

Presence of Turkish troops hampers Mosul liberation: Iraq

Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, has been under the IS control for more than two years

Barack Obama policy on Syria, ISIS working: Tim Kaine

Kaine acknowledged that situation has deteriorated in Iraq

16 killed, 39 hurt in Baghdad bomb attacks

Iraqi security forces sealed off and blocked the roads leading to the scene, while ambulances and police vehicles evacuated the killed and wounded people to the hospitals

First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis in Qayyarah

Around 3.4 million people have already been forced to flee their homes in Iraq by conflict since the start of 2014

Iraq to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail

Iraq depends on oil sales for 95 per cent of its public income

M J Akbar visits holy city of Karbala in Iraq

Akbar has conveyed India's support for unity and territorial integrity of Iraq for the emergence of a stable, peaceful, united and democratic Iraq

Iraq hangs 36 over 2014 massacre of recruits: Officials

They had been found guilty of involvement in the 'Speicher' massacre

Saddam's Mosul palace-turned-IS training camp bombed

IS has held control of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, since June 2014

Iraq: Attacks kill at least 18; province takes on militants

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, most of which bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group

Iraq overtakes Saudi Arabia as India's top oil seller

The Middle East region supplied 59.73% of the total 202.9 MT of crude oil imported by India during 2015-16 fiscal

Britain doubles military trainers in Iraq

Allied air power and military trainers are helping Iraqi government, Kurdish militia and Syrian anti-IS fighters push the jihadists back to Raqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq

Iraq PM accepts resignation of five new ministers

Abadi accepted the resignations of ministers of oil, transport, housing and construction, water resources and industry