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2 weeks, 1 day ago

‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help

Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds to ride out the excruciating wave. “I just want to go home and treat myself, but I can’t do that,” Agnes said on a phone call from Basra, where she is holed up in a hostel belonging to the recruiting firm that hired her from Nigeria last year. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Geeta Basra on how she and Harbhajan Singh celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti: Making prashad is a beautiful experience

Hindustan Times

While she was born into a Hindu family with Sikh roots, Geeta Basra learnt the essence of Sikhism only after getting married to cricketer Harbhajan Singh. On Guru Nanak Jayanti today, the actor says, “It’s like a huge festival which the whole of Punjab celebrates like Diwali. The teachings of Sikhism, the peace and prosperity and the Guruji’s paath, it’s …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Wailing supporters of Hezbollah take to the streets across the Middle East after Iran called on all Muslims to join the cause as Israel claims hit on leader Nasrallah 'stopped another October 7'

Daily Mail

Wailing supporters of Hezbollah have taken to the streets around the world to grieve and condemn Israel following news of the death of leader Hassan Nasrallah. A group gather carrying Nasrallah's poster and chanting slogans in Beirut on Saturday Women demonstrate with pictures of the late Hezbollah leader in Palestine Square, Tehran A woman reacts to the news of the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Is Iraq the missing piece in India’s corridor strategy?

Firstpost

The trans-Iran North-South corridor need not be the only alternative to the India-Middle East Economic Corridor. In many ways, Iraq could be a natural partner for India to augment its trade security beyond IMEEC and Iran At the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Joe Biden, and other world leaders unveiled the India-Middle East Economic Corridor, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Geeta Basra and Harbhajan Singh on Goa Vacay

Deccan Chronicle

Actress Geeta Basra and Harbhajan Singh, recently took a much-needed break to Goa along with their kids. Geeta and Harbhajan have been known to enjoy spending time with each other and their kids, and this trip to Goa was no exception. Geeta Basra also took to her social media handle to share some glimpses from their trip to Goa. On …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Power station fire, explosions cut off power in much of Iraq in scorching summer heat, officials say

Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Power was cut off in large swaths of southern and central Iraq for much of Saturday during scorching summer heat and observances of the Shiite holy day of Ashoura after a fire broke out at a power station in the southern city of Basra. The fire at the Al-Bkir substation in Basra resulted in the separation of transmission …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Demolition of historic minaret in southern Iraq's Basra sparks outcry

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Basra’s governor, Asaad al-Eidani, said in public statements that …

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1 year, 7 months ago

The Art and Science of Fitness | Elite sport helps in getting the general population to be more active, or does it?

Hindustan Times

“Excuse me, sir.” As I turned around, I saw a young girl running up to me, huffing and puffing. For the same reason, a recent research article titled ‘Effect of Elite Sport on Physical Activity Practice in the General Population’ published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health intrigued me. Dr Alexis Lion and his colleagues looked at whether …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A road trip across the cradle of civilisation

BBC

A road trip across the cradle of civilisation Simon Urwin A road trip across the cradle of civilisation Along a single road cutting across the heart of Iraq, you can see where people first learned to write, use maths and invent the wheel. Simon Urwin Fisherman Razaq Abu Haida lives along the Al-Ahwar wetlands, one of the world's largest inland …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003

Associated Press

NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq — The oil is pumped 24 hours a day several meters from Raghed Jasim’s home in Iraq’s crude-rich southern heartland. In pre-invasion planning, U.S. advisors and their Iraqi opposition allies in exile had envisioned a shock system of reforms that would revamp Iraq’s oil industry and fund post-war reconstruction. “Instead, it hurt us.” The government long played …

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1 year, 9 months ago

How the Iraq war unleashed jihad and the rise of Isis

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As US Marines entered Baghdad after the regime’s fall, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Who were the 179 British soldiers who died during the Iraq War?

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Major Jason Ward Royal Marines Died: 21 March 2003 Described as "an exceptional leader" …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Stampede outside stadium in Iraq kills 2, injures dozens

Associated Press

BAGHDAD — A stampede outside a stadium in southern Iraq on Thursday killed at least two people and injured dozens, a health official said. The official Iraqi News Agency said some of the 60 people who were injured outside the Basra International Stadium were in critical condition. Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who arrived in Basra on Thursday, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

One dead, dozens injured in stampede ahead of Iraq-Oman Arabian Gulf Cup final

The Hindu

One person was killed and dozens injured Thursday when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before the Gulf Cup final, officials said. Thousands of fans, many without tickets, had gathered outside the 65,000-seater stadium in Iraq’s main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the final between Iraq and Oman. - …

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2 years ago

Basra excited ahead of Arabian Gulf Cup tournament kickoff

Al Jazeera

The 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament starts in Iraq on Friday, the first time the country has hosted the tournament since 1979. Basra, Iraq – A few hours ahead of the opening match of the 25th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup in Iraq’s southern port city of Basra, thousands of Iraqis have already headed towards …

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2 years ago

Soccer fans hopeful ahead of Gulf Cup in Iraqi city of Basra

Associated Press

BASRA, Iraq — For many Iraqis, the first international soccer tournament their country is hosting in more than four decades is about to kick off in the southern city of Basra, offering a rare moment of joy and optimism. The eight-nation Arabian Gulf Cup starts Friday, with teams from the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, …

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2 years ago

Iraq to host football’s Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979

The Hindu

After decades of war, invasions and instability, Iraq hosts the eight-nation Gulf Cup starting on Friday for the first time since 1979. “It is a message to the whole world that we are capable.” Football fans walk along the Shatt al-Arab river waterfront in Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Wednesday ahead of the Gulf Cup. ‘Transmitting cultures’ Iraqi Football …

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2 years ago

Iraq to host soccer's Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After decades of war, invasions …

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2 years ago

Iraq launches ticket sales for upcoming Gulf Cup in Basra

Al Jazeera

The 2023 Gulf Cup will be the first major football tournament held in Iraq for 40 years. Tickets for the 25th Gulf Cup, the first major football tournament to be hosted by Iraq in more than 40 years, went on sale on Saturday. Qatar, who departed the World Cup after the first round, will also be competing, along with Yemen, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Iraq's mighty Tigris drying up due to human activity, climate change

Firstpost

Iraq may be oil-rich but the country is plagued by poverty after decades of war and by droughts and desertification Baghdad, Iraq: It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But Turkey’s ambassador to Iraq, Ali Riza Guney, urged Iraq to “use the available water more …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia is becoming the drug capital of the Middle East

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Saudi media has been sounding the alarm lately over the rise in drug use, with one columnist describing shipments of narcotics to the kingdom as an “open war against us, more dangerous than any other …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Latest outbreak of violence in Iraqi city of Basra leaves 4 dead

Al Jazeera

Fighting earlier this week between rival Shia forces killed at least 30 people in Baghdad. Four people were killed in overnight clashes between rival Shia Muslim fighters in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, local security officials have said, adding to the at least 30 people killed earlier this week in Baghdad. Two of them belonging to Saraya al-Salam, which …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Protesters block roads in Iraq after third day of power cuts

Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Demonstrators blocked roads as protests broke out in southern Iraq on Monday after power outages left many without electricity during scorching peak summer heat. In the oil-rich province of Basra, dozens of people took to the streets for a third straight day and burned tires, blocking the main road to the provincial capital, to protest the power cuts. …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Heatwaves scorch Iraq as protracted political crisis grinds on

Al Jazeera

Temperatures have soared to nearly 50 degrees Celsius in Baghdad on an almost daily basis amid heated political crisis. But this year the intense heat has also been exacerbated by a heated political crisis: A deadlock in parliament that has paralysed the country, including leaving Iraq without a government budget to properly allocate expenses to essential services such as the …

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‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help

Geeta Basra on how she and Harbhajan Singh celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti: Making prashad is a beautiful experience

Wailing supporters of Hezbollah take to the streets across the Middle East after Iran called on all Muslims to join the cause as Israel claims hit on leader Nasrallah 'stopped another October 7'

Is Iraq the missing piece in India’s corridor strategy?

Geeta Basra and Harbhajan Singh on Goa Vacay

Power station fire, explosions cut off power in much of Iraq in scorching summer heat, officials say

Demolition of historic minaret in southern Iraq's Basra sparks outcry

The Art and Science of Fitness | Elite sport helps in getting the general population to be more active, or does it?

A road trip across the cradle of civilisation

Corruption, deep disparity mark Iraq’s oil legacy post-2003

How the Iraq war unleashed jihad and the rise of Isis

Who were the 179 British soldiers who died during the Iraq War?

Stampede outside stadium in Iraq kills 2, injures dozens

One dead, dozens injured in stampede ahead of Iraq-Oman Arabian Gulf Cup final

Basra excited ahead of Arabian Gulf Cup tournament kickoff

Soccer fans hopeful ahead of Gulf Cup in Iraqi city of Basra

Iraq to host football’s Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979

Iraq to host soccer's Gulf Cup for the first time since 1979

Iraq launches ticket sales for upcoming Gulf Cup in Basra

Iraq's mighty Tigris drying up due to human activity, climate change

Saudi Arabia is becoming the drug capital of the Middle East

Latest outbreak of violence in Iraqi city of Basra leaves 4 dead

Protesters block roads in Iraq after third day of power cuts

Heatwaves scorch Iraq as protracted political crisis grinds on