On the ruins of Mosul, Pope says hope more powerful than hatred

Standing amid the rubble left by the now defeated Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, Pope Francis on Sunday said that hope is 'more powerful than hatred and peace more powerful than war'. IMAGE:......

SEE: Iran fires missiles targeting US military bases in Iraq

Iran has launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two bases where United States military and coalition forces' are stationed in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.  ......

'All is well', says Trump after Iran missile attack

United States President Donald Trump, in his first reaction after Iran's missile attack on two American bases in Iraq, insisted that 'all is well' and promised to make a statement to the nation on......

The Kurds helped defeat ISIS, but does the world care?

'The war against ISIS is what earned the Kurds global recognition of being some of the best fighters that overshadowed regular armies,' points out Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd). IMAGE: Kurdish......

ONGC arm in fray to develop Iraqi oil fields

ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is one of 41 global oil corporations shortlisted by the Iraq government to develop its oil fields. Iraq has......

COLUMN: The world's new energy economy

India needs to move beyond old assumptions and respond with flexibility, writes Nitin Desai.Two recent developments in the global energy dialogue require us to re-examine some old verities about......

Davos diary: Search for a new venue

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting would be held in Davos in 2004, but it is not certain if Davos would host the meeting in 2005.WEF is now planning to adopt the World Bank practice of......

Spanish fan walking to FIFA World Cup goes missing in Iran

IMAGE: Spains's Santiago Sanchez, right, walks in Iraq's Kurdistan region towards Qatar, where he aims to attend the 2022 World Cup, near Zakho, Iraq. Photograph: Charlotte Bruneau/Reuters A......