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New Delhi: Iraq’s Oil Ministry said that the country has reduced its oil production and cut its crude exports to 3.3 million barrels per day, in line with its commitment to the OPEC+ agreement on output cuts. “We confirm that Iraq has lowered its oil production and reduced its exports to 3.3 million barrels per…
Hezbollah aired an audio recording of its slain leader Hassan Nasrallah just over two weeks after an Israeli air strike killed him in southern Beirut. “We count on you to defend your people, your families, your nation, your values, your dignity, and this holy and blessed land,” Nasrallah is heard saying in the audio. Iran’s…
Lufthansa previously said it was avoiding all Iraqi and Iranian airspace (Representational). Frankfurt: German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it was extending a suspension of flights to Beirut until September 30 and to Tel Aviv and Tehran until September 2 with regional tensions still high. Previously suspended services to Amman in Jordan and Erbil in…
The concept of Waqf may have been introduced in India during the Delhi Sultanate and flourished during Firoz Shah Tughlaq’s rule, but its all-encompassing powers came after India’s Independence through various laws passed in Parliament. It was in 2013, just a year before Narendra Modi swept to power, that the UPA government — through the…
Several US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, three US officials told Reuters, as concerns in the region mounted following last week’s killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the suspected rocket attack took place…
The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self defence. Baghdad: The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self defence, a U.S. official told Reuters, as regional tensions rose after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel said killed Hezbollah’s most senior commander. It was not…
Iraq wants troops from a US-led military coalition to begin withdrawing and to formally end the coalition’s work by September 2025, four Iraqi sources said, with some US forces likely to remain in a newly negotiated advisory capacity. The Iraqi position is being discussed with US officials in Washington this week at a security summit…