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Did you know: The Congress party and an ex-foreign minister were involved in the Iraqi oil scam, even when not in power

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

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.

Anti-India campaign on Twitter promoted by journalists, media houses and influencers linked to Muslim Brotherhood, says report by DisinfoLab

News articles were published promoting anti-India hashtag by several media houses connected to Muslim Brotherhood, says DisinfoLab

From Iraq to Yemen to Libya to Kabul: Some of the toughest evacuations executed by the Modi government

In the last few years, India has been one of the countries that has been remarkably successful in executing its evacuation plans and bringing its stranded citizens back home

Amidst the Afghanistan crisis, read how India presided over the world’s largest citizen evacuation operation during Iraq-Kuwait war in 1990

India's unprecedented evacuation of over 1,70,000 stranded citizens from Kuwait was depicted in the Bollywood movie Airlift.

The narrow escape: How a group of 46 Indian nurses was rescued from ISIS captivity in strife-torn Iraq in 2014

Seven years ago, 46 Indian nurses who were held in captivity by the ISIS were rescued to safety and flown back to India

Iraq: Baby born with three penises, creates history

In 2015, a baby born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, had three penises, of which two had erectile tissue. His anus was also absent.

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