Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 19 (IANS) When Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, the brother of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, was picked up from his home in south Mumbai late on Monday night, he was busy watching…
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Online jihadi propaganda attracts more audience in Britain than in any other European country and the main internet companies are failing to curb it, a leading think tank revealed on Tuesday….
Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) India on Tuesday stressed on restoration of normalcy in Myanmar’s Rakhine state where violence has triggered an outflow of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to neighbouring Bangladesh and called for…
Geneva, Sep 19 (IANS) The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has sought unhindered access to verify reports of human rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority. “It is important for us to see with our…
Madrid, Sep 19 (IANS) Spanish police arrested a 25-year-old Pakistani national on Tuesday on suspicion of indoctrination and spreading jihadi propaganda. Tuesday’s arrest was a direct result of a police operation in June in which…
Baghdad, Sep 19 (IANS) Iraqi forces on Tuesday started a new military offensive to recapture two areas in Anbar province from the Islamic State (IS) terror group, a military officer said. The towns of Rayhana…
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US government has frozen arms sales to the bodyguards unit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amid strained ties between the two countries, authorities said. Monday’s move would block a…
Thane (Maharashtra), Sep 19 (IANS) When Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, the brother of absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, was picked up from his home in south Mumbai late on Monday, he was busy watching the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 19 (IANS) Breaking her silence over the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said she and her government “condemn all human rights violations and…
Tokyo, Sep 19 (IANS) Japan will install a new anti-missile system on Hokkaido island on Tuesday after North Korea tested two missiles that flew over its territory, a Defence Ministry official said. The decision to…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 19 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said her country “does not fear international scrutiny” over the ongoing Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis and was “aware of the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 19 (IANS) The Myanmar government has allocated additional funds of 20 billion kyats ($14 million) to urgently repair a damaged portion of the border with Bangladesh, an official statement said. For…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 19 (IANS) India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan and five Foreign Ministers in interactions that mostly…
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) The US Senate has approved a $700 billion budget bill for the Pentagon, higher than what it had during the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. With 89 votes…
New York, Sep 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that “very soon” he will reveal his plans regarding the nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran, giving these remarks before meeting with Israeli Prime…
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that the Pentagon plans to send another 3,000 troops to strengthen his country’s military presence in Afghanistan, local media reported. “It is exactly over 3,000…
New York, Sep 19 (IANS) The Spanish government has informed North Korea’s ambassador to Madrid, Kim Hyok Chol, that he must leave the country before the end of the month, officials said. Spanish Foreign Minister…
Jerusalem, Sep 19 (IANS) Israeli and US military officers inaugurated the first permanent American military base in Israel, media reports said. “The stationing of a US contingent within the confines of an existing Israeli air…
Sana’a, Sep 19 (IANS) Three policemen were killed and five others wounded in an attack by Al Qaida militants on a checkpoint in Yemen’s province of Hadramout, a senior local police officer said. “A group…
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) Terming the Rohinhya issue as humanitarian, a Bangladesh minister on Monday said the presence of the refugees in his country also had a security angle because of which the administration has…