Iraqi couple enlist help of police to wed despite curfew
Ahmed Khaled al-Kaabi proposed last year.
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Ahmed Khaled al-Kaabi proposed last year.
The World Cup warm-up match for the Iraqi team was part of the birthday celebrations of Saddam Hussein.
This evening, a volley of rockets hit the Taji air base north of Baghdad, which hosts troops from the US-led coalition helping local forces.
Mahmoud Islami was speaking at a briefing at Iran’s Embassy in Dublin.
Trump has said that new economic sanctions will be imposed on Iran after the strike this morning.
Iran launched missile attacks on military bases housing US troops last night – but was this one of the missiles?
There were no casualties after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles in the early hours of this morning.
While condemning Iran’s attack, Boris Johnson said that slain general Qasem Soleimani “had the blood of British troops on his hands.”
Two US air bases were targeted by Iran.
The US drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani has sparked fury in both Iran and Iraq.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has said any Irish person in Iraq should ‘leave immediately’.
The Pentagon described the operation as a “decisive defensive action”.
A mob of pro-Iran demonstrators stormed the US embassy in Baghdad yesterday.
Thousands of soldiers may be deployed in the coming days.
US security forces inside the compound fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds.
The attack saw US planes hit several bases belonging to the Hezbollah Brigades.
Baghdadi ignited an explosive vest after being chased into a tunnel by US forces.
Nearly 200 people have died and thousands have been wounded since the rallies first began earlier this mont.
The clashes came after authorities earlier lifted a round-the-clock curfew in Baghdad.
Protesters have been angered by corruption and unemployment.
Some of the works were discovered in 2002 after two badly made wooden crates sent from Pakistan caught the attention of British authorities at Heathrow Airport.
The three men have 30 days to appeal the sentence.
US signals about escalating danger posed by Iran have been met with some skepticism by Washington’s allies.
The world’s most wanted man was last seen in Mosul in 2014
The US President says his concerns were for the First Lady, not for himself.
The visit was Trump’s first to US troops in a war zone since he was elected president two years ago.
Police had yet to identify the target of the planned attack.
Irish people have responded to emergencies in Iraq, Libya and Africa, to name a few.
The complex electoral arithmetic of the Iraqi system, however, means that the final makeup of 329-seat parliament is still far from decided.
An Amnesty International report has expressed concern about how women and children are sexually exploited.
Most executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan – in that order.
She was sentenced in an Iraqi court earlier today.
This has been the second attack on the capital in three days.
Departmental notes express concern about getting back the £5 million owed to Ireland in export payments.
The Leitrim forward is probably the best hurler to ever come out of Iraq.
Iran declared victory over ISIS last month, as the jihadists clung to just a few remaining scraps of territory.
Sarah Idan and Adar Gandelsman were in competition with each other at the Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas. Their two countries are still technically at war.
Landslides have been hindering rescue efforts this morning.
The two US allies are at loggerheads over disputed territory in oil-rich Kirkuk.
French citizens are among the biggest contingent of overseas fighters who have joined the so-called Islamic State.