Kabul, July 7 (IANS) Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has welcomed Washington’s decision to extend the presence of American troops’ in the country till 2017, the Presidential Palace said in a statement on Thursday. “Mohammad…
Colombo, July 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday said it arrested 16 Indian fishermen for illegal poaching in the island-country’s territorial waters. Navy spokesman Akram Alavi told Xinhua news agency that the navy…
By Admiral Arun Prakash (retd) If the recent induction of the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has received a muted welcome from the IAF, there are very good reasons for it. While the nation…
Vienna, July 7 (IANS) Hungary’s decision to tighten entry controls along its shared border with Austria has proved to be a source of content, with Austria making an official diplomatic protest. Minister of the Interior…
WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, July 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he will maintain about 8,400 American troops in Afghanistan into 2017 through the end of…
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday ordered military officials not to allow anyone to cross the border into neighbouring Afghanistan for violence. Afghanistan and US officials had long been…
Jammu, July 6 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper on Wednesday shot and killed himself in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, police said. Police said Akash Deep of the 52 Battalion of the…
London, July 6 (IANS) Britain went to war in Iraq before all peaceful options for disarming Saddam Hussein were exhausted, the long-awaited Chilcot Inquiry has concluded, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The invasion was not…
Jammu, July 6 (IANS) Officers and personnel of India’s Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers on Wednesday exchanged sweets to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. “BSF and Pakistan Rangers today…
Kabul, July 6 (IANS) At least four persons were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack in north Afghanistan’s Sar-e-Pul province, an official said. The incident took place around 10.00 a.m. (local time) in Sancharak…
Damascus, July 6 (IANS) A 72-hour truce was announced on Wednesday in all Syrian cities by the General Command of the Syrian Army to mark the three-day holiday of the Eid ul-Fitr feast, which marks…
Colombo, July 6 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said a proposed fact-finding commission will inquire into allegations against the army of committing war crimes during the final stages of a 30-year war with…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal July 6 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from the Manipur government on the recent killings of former insurgents in the state who had joined the national mainstream….
Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) Pakistan has renewed its security assurance to Saudi Arabia after a string of bombings took place in the kingdom, including one outside Masjid e-Nabwi in Madina, the second-holiest site in Islam….
Bhubaneswar, July 6 (IANS) The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings began on Wednesday amidst a congregation of lakhs of devotees in Puri. Lakhs of people have converged to have a glimpse…
Colombo, July 6 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy and Coast Guard on Wednesday arrested 17 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, officials said. Two Indian fishing trawlers were also seized when the fishermen…
Aden, July 6 (IANS) At least eight soldiers were killed and 10 injured when two car bombs went off at the main gate of a military base in Yemen’s temporary capital Aden on Wednesday, an…
Brussels, July 6 (IANS) A Belgian court has sentenced a group of Islamic State suspects up to 16 years in jail for last year’s Paris terror attacks that left more than 130 persons dead. The…
Patna, July 6 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to install CCTVs in all police stations across the state to ensuretransparency and control crime, an official said. The cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief…
Geneva, July 6 (IANS/AKI) There are almost 30,000 foreign jihadists fighting in war-ravaged Syria and neighbouring Iraq currently, the head of the UN Security Council’s counterterrorism agency said, warning that the risk of attacks in…