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Germany: Iraqi woman Shahraban along with her boyfriend kills Instagram ‘lookalike’ by stabbing her more than 50 times, to fake her own death
Shahraban K, a 23-year-old German woman of Iraqi origin has been accused of mercilessly killing another woman who looked like her in an attempt to fake her own death.
Iraq: 17-year-old girl attacked by dozens of Muslim men in Kurdistan for coming to watch a bike race and causing ‘distraction’
Kurdistan Watch described the Hwana suburb, where the attack took place as one of the most unsafe areas in Sulaimani adding that the place is known for the widespread use of drugs.
Eighth anniversary of Yazidi genocide: A grim list of some of the most brutal atrocities ISIS committed against Yazidi women
August 3, 2014, is etched in the memory of Yazidis as a grim reminder of the day ISIS carried out its most brutal genocide in modern history.
Iraq sentences a British geologist to 15 years in jail for smuggling ancient artefacts, his family says he had ‘no idea it was a...
A retired British geologist was sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraq court on Monday for attempting to smuggle ancient artefacts out of the country
Freudian slip of the century: Former US President George Bush says invasion of Iraq was wholly unjustified, ‘corrects’ it to Ukraine a second later
"The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq", the ex-President of the USA blurted out. Then, a moment later, he corrected himself adding 'I mean of Ukraine, heh".
Did you know: The Congress party and an ex-foreign minister were involved in the Iraqi oil scam, even when not in power
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The Volcker Committee report cited Kunwar Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister, and the Congress Party as "non-contractual beneficiaries" of Iraqi oil sales under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme scam in 2001.
Inside Ericsson’s bribery and corruption network in war-torn Iraq, which includes its deals with ISIS terrorists: A comprehensive explainer
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A storm has rocked the fate of Swedish Telecom giant Ericsson after an investigation revealed its deals with the terrorist group ISIS when it had gained control of Iraq in 2014.
Iraq: Tiktok star Eman Sami Maghdid shot dead by brother for wearing crop tops
Maghdid was known for posting rebellious images, including pictures of herself wearing crop tops that exposed her midriff
Multiple long-range ballistic missiles fired at the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq
The US officials have said there was no damage at any government facility and that there was no indication the target was the consulate building, which is new and currently unoccupied.
United Nations experts ask USA to close Guantanamo Bay detention centre, call out ‘relentless human rights violations’
“Twenty years of practising arbitrary detention without trial accompanied by torture or ill-treatment is simply unacceptable for any government, particularly a government which has a stated claim to protecting human rights,” the statement by the UN experts has said.
