Iraqi health minister resigns over deadly hospital fire
Updated : 5 days, 6 hours ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], May 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi health minister resigned on Tuesday over a fire that killed 82 people at a coronavirus hospital in Baghdad.
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2 rockets hit air base housing US-led forces in western Iraq
Updated : 5 days, 7 hours ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Two Katyusha rockets on Tuesday landed on a military air base housing US-led coalition forces in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said.
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3 rockets hit air base in Iraq's Salahudin province
Updated : 6 days, 2 hours ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three Katyusha rockets on Monday struck an Iraqi military air base in Salahudin province, north of the capital Baghdad, a provincial security source said.
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2 rockets target Baghdad airport base housing US-led coalition tro
Updated : 6 days, 22 hours ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 3 (ANI): Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq's Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday.
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Iraq reports 5,167 new COVID-19 cases, 1,070,366 in total
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Saturday 5,167 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide number to 1,070,366.
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Iran reports 19,272 new COVID-19 cases, 2,499,077 in total
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran reported on Friday 19,272 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 2,499,077.
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Iraq may re-impose health restrictions for mid-May Eid al-Fitr hol
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 30 (ANI/Xinhua): An Iraqi lawmaker said on Thursday that Iraq may re-impose some health restrictions including a full curfew during the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, as the Ministry of Health reported 6,926 new COVID-19 cases.
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Iraq reports 6,858 new COVID-19 cases amid concerns about increasi
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Iraqi officials voiced concerns on Wednesday about the continuous increase of COVID-19 infections in the country as the ministry of health reported 6,858 new cases.
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COVID-19 death toll in Iran exceeds 70,000
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian health ministry reported on Monday 496 more COVID-19 deaths, the highest figure registered in Iran since the beginning of the pandemic, which has already claimed 70,070 lives in the country.
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Iraq reports 6,536 new COVID-19 cases, 1,037,858 in total
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Monday 6,536 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide number to 1,037,858.
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Iraq reports 6,034 new COVID-19 cases, 1,031,322 in total
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Sunday 6,034 new coronavirus cases, raising the total nationwide number to 1,031,322, a day after a huge fire killed dozens in a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital Baghdad.
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Pope Francis mourns Baghdad Hospital fire deaths, drowned migrants
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Pope Francis on Sunday mourned the casualties of the recent hospital fire in Baghdad as well as the death of 130 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
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