Kabul, Oct 20 (IANS) Several blasts were reported from different parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 1 person and wounding 47, as Afghans voted in the long-awaited parliamentary elections. Blasts were reported from…
Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy corporation, on Saturday said its machine building division Atomenergomash has shipped out equipment for Unit 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). In a statement…
San Francisco, Oct 20 (IANS) Amid growing crypto-jacking episodes, a North Korean hacking group called Lazarus has stolen cryptocurrencies worth more than half a billion dollars. According to The Next Web that cited findings from…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 20 (IANS) The commander of the Sri Lankan contingent in the UN peacekeeping operations in Mali has been ordered back home after a review of his human rights record,…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) A woman was killed on Friday when militants attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said militants hurled a grenade at the Shadimarg camp in the evening….
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) A woman was injured on Friday when militants attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said the militants lobbed a grenade at the Shadimarg camp. “The grenade…
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the country has temporarily closed its major border points with Afghanistan on a request by the neighbouring country for the security of its parliamentary…
Paris, Oct 19 (IANS) The wife of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who vanished into police custody after returning to China in September, has said that she isn’t sure her husband is still alive. In…
Berlin, Oct 19 (IANS) A shootout in a German town on Friday left two people dead and two police officers injured, authorities said. Sandra Giertsch, a spokesperson for the regional police in Rheinland-Palatinate state, said…
Mazar-e-Sharif, Oct 19 (IANS) At least three people were killed on Friday in a blast targeting the office of a female parliamentary candidate in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, the police said. The blast took place at…
Kabul, Oct 19 (IANS) The Afghan government on Friday delayed October 20 parliamentary elections by one week in Kandahar province after the provincial police chief and intelligence chief were assassinated by the Taliban. A spokesman…
Seoul, Oct 19 (IANS) The two Koreas were wrapping up their demining operations in part of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to carry out their plan to disarm the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the buffer…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Security forces on Friday shot dead two militants on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town. Police said police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) signalled a vehicle to stop…
San Francisco, Oct 19 (IANS) With the goal of improving understanding of how foreign influence campings operate on Twitter, the microblogging site has now released massive datasets of accounts linked to potential influence campaigns originating…
San Francisco, Oct 19 (IANS) In line with its efforts to prevent misuse of its platform during elections, Facebook has set up a War Room to reduce the spread of potentially harmful content. Facebook faced…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of the city here in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to prevent a separatist-called protest and maintain law and order, police said. There is prohibitory orders…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Four militants were killed by the Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, military sources said on Friday. Although the police has not confirmed the…
Sabarimala (Kerala), Oct 19 (IANS) At least 100 policemen were accompanying two women, a journalist and a devotee, towards the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on Friday amidst protests. Kavita, the Hyderabad-based journalist and her…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Seven soldiers were injured when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Friday. The explosion took place when an armoured Army vehicle…
United Nations, Oct 19 (IANS) The United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, has demanded that Palestine and Israel take immediate action to reduce current tensions in the area and avoid another armed…