Berlin, Sep 6 (IANS) German Finance Minister Wolfgang Shauble announced Tuesday that spending on internal security and defence would increase significantly in the next few years. Shauble argued that terror threats and public fear are…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Hate preacher Anjem Choudry was on Tuesday sentenced to five-and-half years imprisonment after being convicted of drumming up support for the Islamic State terror group, the media reported. The 49-year-old British-born…
Karachi, Sep 6 (IANS) A provincial court in Pakistan on Tuesday overturned a ban on a movie “Maalik” months after the federal information industry put a ban on the release of the film. Director Ashir…
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) Four terrorists and a civilian were killed here on Tuesday after an 11-hour gun battle that began overnight following three huge blasts that left 35 to 43 people dead, officials said….
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Russian defence forces have begun a massive exercise to test combat readiness and cooperation between different branches of the country’s military. “The exercises aim to check the level of readiness of…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Flights at London City Airport were suspended Tuesday after protesters took the runway, according to airport officials. Activists from the international group “Black Lives Matter UK” claimed responsibility for the disruption…
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Russian defence forces have begun a massive exercise to test combat readiness and cooperation between different branches of the countrys military. “The exercises aim to check the level of readiness of…
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) A massive, third explosion was heard in the Kabul city late Monday night, hours after back-to-back explosions left at least 30 persons dead and over 90 wounded. Security sources said the…
Ranchi, Sep 6 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gang war in Jharkhand’s Palamau district on Tuesday, the state police said. The police on Tuesday recovered two bodies of Maoists belonging to Tritiya…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The four Union Home Ministry officials suspended over issuing Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence to Islamic tele-preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation have got a former Home Secretary’s…
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bangladesh Police on Tuesday cordoned off a multi-storey building at Dhaka’s upmarket Gulshan area, after reports that some youths forcibly entered a showroom here. Additional Commissioner Md Shahabuddin Qureshi told…
Baghdad, Sep 6 (IANS) At least five persons were killed and 19 others injured in a car bomb explosion at a crowded commercial area in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, a police source said on Tuesday. The…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The maintenance of internal security and public order is extremely important for border guarding, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra said here on Tuesday. “It is significantly important that security…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75,…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10, social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with support service Samaritans to launch a series of suicide prevention tools….
Jammu, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate firing on Indian positions on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday. “Pakistani soldiers initiated indiscriminate firing at midnight on Indian Army…
Pyongyang, Sep 6 (IANS) Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has guided the test-firing of ballistic rockets by the strategic force, the official news agency KCNA reported on…
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said an agreement with Russia on ending the violence in Syria is being hampered by “gaps of trust” between the two governments. Asked by CNN’s…
Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) As relatives were reluctant to receive bodies of 19 killed militants, Dhaka Police on Monday said what to do with the bodies will be decided after test reports. Dhaka Police spokesman…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has ordered a departmental inquiry into the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence controversy vis-a-vis Islamic tele preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), an…