Seoul, Feb 27 (IANS) The South Korean military on Monday said that Pyongyang is presumed to be operating a regiment-level biochemical weapons unit. The Ministry of National Defence said North Korea is operating production facilities…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Monday wondered who was “polluting” the mind of a Delhi University student campaigning on social media against the ABVP. Gurmehar Kaur, a…
Colombo, Feb 27 (IANS) Seven persons were killed in an attack on a prison bus in southern Sri Lanka on Monday, police said. A criminal gang member, Aruna Udayashantha, was killed in the shooting incident…
Jakarta, Feb 27 (IANS) A terrorist was arrested by Indonesian anti-terror squad after he set off a bomb and burned an office building in West Java province on Monday, police said. “The militant has been…
London, Feb 27 (IANS) A lawyer representing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said that there was a “great concern” that a new Ecuadorian President could force him out of the country’s London embassy, the media reported…
Damascus, Feb 26 (IANS) The Syrian Army captured a key town in the northern countryside of Aleppo province on Sunday, following battles with the Islamic State. Capturing the town of Tadef enables the Syrian army…
Kabul, Feb 26 (IANS) A Taliban Governor for the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, along with two of his men, was killed in a drone attack on Sunday, provincial Governor Assadullah Omarkhil said. “Acting upon…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Meghalaya’s Special Force-10 (SF-10) commandos have shot dead a militant leader, wanted in killings of two Meghalaya jail officials and seven Assam tribesmen, a police official said on Sunday. Singbirth N….
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday heaped praise on Indian scientists for launching 104 satellites into space in one go and for carrying out test of Ballistic Interceptor Missile. In…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A month-long naval exercise put to test the combat readiness of the Navy, the IAF and the Army with over 45 ships and 70 aircraft taking part, it was announced…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Sunday called upon the general public to report “suspicious” militant activity “regarding terrorists” on helplines which were set up in December 2014 following the Army Public School…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Malaysian police on Sunday declared as safe the Kuala Lumpur international airport, where VX nerve agent was used to kill Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the test of an interceptor missile gives India a “cutting edge competency” in the area of security. Modi said in his radio programme…
Rohit Srivastava New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Indian Army has a major challenge in Jammu and Kashmir this year — to bring down its casualties which saw a steep rise last year compared to…
Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper on Sunday committed suicide at an outpost on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Police officials identified…
Moscow, Feb 26 (IANS) Russia will upgrade five military airports in the country’s southwest and the Far East in the coming three years, Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev said. “We plan to conduct research…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Indian Navy chief Sunil Lanba will on Sunday begin a five day official visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, an official release said. “The visit aims to consolidate…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) The Pakistan Army said on Saturday that four terrorists have been killed while 600 suspects arrested during the ongoing major anti-terrorism operation. The military announced on Wednesday the start of the…
Damascus, Feb 25 (IANS) The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Saturday urged the UN Security Council to condemn the deadly suicide bombings that rocked the country’s central province of Homs and killed 42 people. The foreign…
Tehran, Feb 25 (IANS) Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) said on Saturday that Russia and Iran have reached an agreement to jointly produce nuclear fuel. A preliminary agreement with Russia on the joint production of…