Tripoli, Nov 21 (IANS) Libya’s eastern-based army has accused the UN-backed government of migrant slave trade, a media report said. “The army command detected activity of organised crime of transporting and selling illegal immigrants from…
Damascus, Nov 21 (IANS) At least eight people were killed by an intensified rebel mortar shelling on residential areas in the capital Damascus, a media report said. The mortar rounds slammed several neighbourhoods on Monday…
Beirut, Nov 21 (IANS) The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has said that the group will withdraw its fighters from Iraq once the Islamic State terror organisation has been completely eradicated. IS has already lost practically…
Tripoli, Nov 21 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for the release of a doctor kidnapped in the southern Libyan city of Sabha last week by an unknown group, a media report said….
Imphal, Nov 20 (IANS) The security cover of 16 Congress legislators in Manipur has been slashed to seven personnel each, from the earlier count of 15, with effect from Monday, a police officer said. L.M….
Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) After being on the run for nearly three months, Pawan Insan, a close aide of rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, has been arrested by the…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The government is working tirelessly to tackle critical shortages in the armed forces and designing policies in a manner to make procurements fast and transparent, Minister of State for Defence…
Tehran, Nov 20 (IANS) Two vessels of the Pakistani Navy berthed at Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Monday for a friendly visit, Tasnim news agency reported. The Pakistani vessels, a frigate and…
Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The threat perception to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, who is visiting India this month, is very high and the US government has requested the authorities not to disclose…
Buenos Aires, Nov 20 (IANS) A US Navy rescue crew has joined the international search effort for an Argentine submarine and its 44 crew members missing for several days beneath the stormy southern Atlantic Ocean….
Harare, Nov 20 (IANS) Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has summoned its MPs to plan a course of action after the deadline set for the country’s President Robert Mugabe to resign passed on Monday. Mugabe was…
London, Nov 20 (IANS) Car hacking should be considered a national security issue, as hackers can “kill millions” of people using hijacked cars, warned an expert. Deaths are inevitable within five years if car manufacturers…
Umroi (Meghalaya), Nov 20 (IANS) Indian and Myanmar armies began their maiden joint exercise in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on Monday, an army official said. A total of 15 officers from the Myanmar Army…
Bengaluru, Nov 20 (IANS) Hackers are no longer going for traditional security breaches but are attacking individual machines via spam emails — thus masquerading as “compromised” employees to enter the organisation and hold the whole…
Tokyo, Nov 20 (IANS) The US military has banned all its personnel deployed in Japan from drinking or buying alcohol after one of its servicemen was involved in a deadly crash on Okinawa island linked…
Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) A local militant was killed on Monday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Security forces laid a cordon around Chopan Mohalla in…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday asked all institutions of higher learning to observe the Armed Forces Flag Day on December 7 to commemorate the “supreme sacrifices” made by…
Cairo, Nov 20 (IANS/WAM) The Arab Foreign Ministers have condemned the continuation of the Iranian occupation of the three UAE islands — Greater and Lesser Tunbs and Abu Musa — in a resolution at the…
Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that another youth who had joined the militant ranks, gave up weapons and has returned to his family. In a statement the state…
Seoul, Nov 20 (IANS) Three South Korean soldiers rescued a North Korean soldier who defected to Seoul after being shot by his fellow troops, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. The North Korean soldier reportedly…