Canberra, Nov 22 (IANS) Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan on Wednesday announced the establishment of a new South East Asian group to counter the funding of terrorism in the region. Keenan, Australia’s Minister for Justice…
Seoul, Nov 22 (IANS) The UN Command on Wednesday published several videos showing the escape of a North Korean defector who was shot at by his fellow soldiers while crossing the border to the South…
San Francisco, Nov 22 (IANS) In a startling revelation, ride-hailing platform Uber has disclosed that two hackers “inappropriately accessed” in 2016 names, email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million customers and drivers, and the…
United Nations, Nov 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned a suicide bombing in Nigeria in which 50 people were killed. In a statement on Tuesday through his spokesman Farhan Haq, Guterres extended his…
Ankara, Nov 22 (IANS) The incident that has caused tensions between NATO and Turkey during an exercise in Norway last week was a “provocation” against an indispensable ally of the western world but actually snubbed…
Tehran, Nov 22 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the victory over the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria is a defeat of the US in the region, a…
Baghdad, Nov 22 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has vowed to declare the final defeat of Islamic State (IS) after the country’s security forces eliminate the extremist militants from the desert, a media report…
Shillong, Nov 21 (IANS) Two persons were arrested in Meghalaya on charge of trying to meet outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council’s (HNLC) leader in Bangladesh, police said on Tuesday. Khroo Lamsalanki Pariat and Samir Jolly…
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) The airstrike carried out in coordination with Somali authorities left over 100 members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group dead, the US military said. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia,…
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) One Air Force pilot died and another was injured after their plane crashed outside a military base in the US state of Texas, military officials said. The two pilots were on…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said there is no need for privacy in courtrooms, favouring installation of CCTV cameras and audio recording of its proceedings, as it will be in…
Harare, Nov 21 (IANS) Under fire from the public and military, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday resigned from the country’s top post after 37 years, parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced. The 93-year-old was set…
Harare, Nov 21 (IANS) Under fire from the public and military, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday resigned from the country’s top post after 37 years, international media reports said. The 93-year-old had earlier received…
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Three persons, including two suspected members of Bangladesh-based Islamist group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), were arrested on Tuesday from the Kolkata railway station, a police officer said. The ABT, a front…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Aimed at collecting more Armed Forces Flag Day fund this year, the Defence Ministry is planning to launch a social media campaign to encourage people to wear armed forces flag,…
Thane (Maharashtra), Nov 21 (IANS) The police on Tuesday filed its charge-sheet against Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, brother of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, in the extortion case of a Thane builder, an official said here….
By Vishav Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS) Nuclear energy is not the opposite of the green and renewable energy and there is space for both in the global energy mix, a senior IAEA official said here…
Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) The Haryana government on Tuesday announced an over two-fold increase in financial assistance given to World War II veterans and their widows. The decision will benefit 4,060 beneficiaries, Finance Minister Abhimanyu…
Shillong, Nov 21 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Tuesday reviewed the security scenario in the northeast with commanders from the Eastern Air Command. Dhanoa, who inaugurated the Commanders’…
Srinagar, Nov 21 (IANS) A soldier and three Pakistani militants were killed on Tuesday in two separate gunfights in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said the militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed…