US can't be world's police, says Trump as he makes surprise visit to Iraq

America cannot be the policeman of the world, United States President Donald Trump said during his first visit to Iraq as he urged other countries to share responsibilities. On Wednesday night, US......

39 Indians missing in Iraq killed: Sushma Swaraj

The external affairs minister said that her deputy General VK Singh (retired) would travel to Iraq to bring back the remains on a special plane.  All the 39 Indians abducted by the Islamic......

Government has misled us, say families of 39 Indians missing in Iraq

The families of the 39 Indians abducted in Iraq in 2014, on Wednesday accused the government of keeping them in the dark for three years, alleging that the Centre did not have any concrete......

IS blows up 800-yr-old mosque where Baghdadi became 'caliph'

IMAGE: Al-Hadba minaret at the Grand Mosque in the old city of Mosul photographed on June 1, 2017. Photograph: Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters Islamic State terrorists blew up Mosul’s......

India's deep discounts on Russian crude will stay

Even as the Group of Seven (G7) price cap on Russian crude oil enters into force as of December 5, India has been assured it will continue to receive the existing deep discounts on Russian oil, for......

Russia offers oil at even cheaper rates to India

In a bid to counter the growing clamour among the G7 nations to enforce a price cap on Russian oil, Moscow has told New Delhi it is willing to provide petroleum at even lower rates than before to......

Where are oil prices headed?

OPEC’s move to cut output has pushed up oil prices. From here it could go either way: oil could reach $100/barrel or an analysis of demand and supply might follow, say Abheek Barua & Bidisha......

Crude oil price may stay low for some time

This means lower losses on fuel sales by Indian oil companies and a shrinking oil subsidy bill for the government The slump in global crude oil prices is not a blip and rates are unlikely to touch......

Magical goal sees Iraq beat Jordan 1-0 at Asian Cup

Iraq's Yaser Safa Kasim (C) celebrates his goal with team mate Ahmed Yaseen Gheni (R) during their Asian Cup Group D soccer match against Jordan. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters A magical goal from......