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Pakistan faces scrutiny over allegations of hosting Iranian military aircraft to shield them from US strikes, mirroring a Saddam Hussein tactic. Islamabad denies this, stating aircraft were for diplomatic logistics during peace talks. The situation complicates Pakistan's mediator role, raising international concerns about its potential support for Iran's military assets.

Israeli forces reportedly established a temporary base on an old airstrip in Iraq's Najaf desert during the war against Iran, according to security officials. The operation, coordinated with the US, led to clashes with Iraqi troops. While no forces remain, equipment may have been left behind. Iraq had previously protested an air raid in the area.

BJP's Bengal win strengthens PM Modi’s hand in dealing with Bangladesh and with both the great powers – China and the US. Pakistan, too, will be particularly unsettled

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From cheaper autonomy to costlier capital, a post-dollar world could test India’s economic model

Field Marshal Asim Munir recently told Shia clerics that those who “love Iran so much” should “go to Iran” — a remark widely condemned by community leaders as provocative and offensive. But the Shia-Sunni divide in the Islamic world is not new

Since 9/11, the US has engaged in extensive military actions across at least 10 countries, including full-scale wars and drone campaigns. These interventions, part of the "war on terror," have resulted in nearly a million deaths and trillions of dollars spent, reshaping American foreign policy for over two decades.

WASHINGTON: The United States has asked the Iraqi regime and the military to stop fighting for President Saddam Hussein and save the Iraqi people and the nation.

WASHINGTON: In an indication that the US would like to involve the international community in a decision on Iraq, President George W Bush has said that he would welcome a second UN resolution on the issue but only if it meant that Saddam Hussein would be disarmed promptly.

NEW YORK: Knowing well his unpopularity among his countrymen, Saddam Hussein "started to shake" when he learnt of his impending transfer to Iraqi custody.

WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush has defended the decision of his father, former President George Bush, not to march on Baghdad from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf war and remove Saddam Hussein from office.

WASHINGTON: US President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair on Friday defended their campaign to oust Saddam Hussein and the intelligence reports over Iraq's N-programme.

WASHINGTON: Hours after he almost declared war on Iraq, US President Geroge W Bush stepped up rhetoric against his bete noire Saddam Hussein saying he posed a threat to US and World peace and that committing troops was his "last option" as expecting the best from the Iraqi President was "not a risk worth taking."

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein spent his final days listening to American singer Mary J Blige, eating muffins and telling anecdotes to US prison guards whom he befriended, according to a new book.

WASHINGTON: American President George W Bush has said that if the United Nations Security Council does not disarm Saddam Hussein, the US will do it along with its allies. UK report on Iraq fake: Academician Blix doubts US claim on Iraq Powell presents proof against Iraq to UN Interview: Saddam speaks TOI edit: Oil as Weapon

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about facing a fate similar to Saddam Hussein if he intervened in the Gaza conflict. Erdogan suggested Turkey could enter Israel to aid Palestinians, drawing criticism from Katz and Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid. The international community is closely monitoring the escalating tensions between Israel and Turkey.

A Baghdad court on Sunday sentenced in absentia the exiled daughter of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to seven years in prison for "promoting" her father's outlawed Baath party. The party was dissolved and banned after Hussein was toppled during the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. She was found guilty of the crime of "promoting the activities of the banned Baath party." Hussein lives in Jordan, along with her sister Rana. Their brothers, Uday and Qusay, were killed by the US army in Mosul in 2003.

An official said that the US wanted to dethrone then president Saddam Hussein.

WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush on Tuesday declined to set a timetable for the turn over of ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to the new interim govt in Baghdad.

WASHINGTON: As the clock ticks on a military offensive to disarm Iraq, US has said nothing short of Saddam Hussein, his sons and close advisers leaving the country can avert history's first preemptive or preventive war.

Director Nalin Singh wants Naseeruddin Shah to play Saddam Hussein in his next film titled The Trial of Saddam Hussein.

The attacks, some of which hit market places and crowded bus stops during the busy morning hours, are the latest in a recent spike in violence in Iraq that has targeted both Sunni and Shia civilians and pushed the death toll over the past week to more than 200 people.

A bronze buttock from the statue of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein toppled in Baghdad after the US-led invasion in 2003 is to be auctioned in Britain, an auction house said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: The White House has said the United Nations is not the only source of international action and if it failed in disarming Saddam, the task would be completed by another global body. Iraq undertaking substantial disarmament: Blix TOI Edit: Netizens unite Forum: Say no to war on Iraq

The largest mosque in Modasa town - Shahi-Kot Masjid - was actually renovated by money that former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein sent for ...