Kuala Lumpur, Aug 13 (IANS) At least nine suspects linked with the Islamic State (IS) militant group were arrested in Malaysia, police said on Saturday. They were arrested by the police counter terrorism forces in…
Canberra, Aug 13 (IANS) Australian security authorities are concerned about the rising influence of right-wing extremist groups in the country, the media reported on Saturday. A number of hard-line anti-Islam groups, born in 2015 as…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (IANS) The Kerala Police on Saturday announced that it will soon issue a “purple notice” to Interpol to begin procedures seeking repatriation of four Romanian nationals who are believed to have left…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 13 (IANS) Representatives of the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) met on Saturday in Malaysia to mark the launch of the Implementing Phase of a peace agreement. The…
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Two teenage sisters who wrote a letter in their own blood to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking justice for their dead mother, met him here on Saturday. The girls,…
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban has freed the crew of a Pakistani helicopter that crash-landed in Afghanistan’s Logar province on August 4, Pakistani intelligence officials have said. Six Pakistanis and a Russian pilot,…
Helsinki, Aug 13 (IANS) Finnish divers have allegedly located two World War I sunk German warships in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia, the media reported on Friday. The ships were among the seven…
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) As human errors have been pointed out as a major reason for increasing air accidents in Nepal, the authorities said they would strengthen inspections for “health and behaviour” of crew members….
Guwahati, Aug 13 (IANS) Tension gripped Tinsukia district in eastern Assam on Saturday after five to six militants belonging to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa shot dead two people and injured seven. The attack took…
Srinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Unrelenting curfew by the authorities and protest shutdown called by the separatists crippled Kashmir Valley for the 36th consecutive day on Saturday. Authorities continued curfew and restrictions at ten district headquarters…
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) At least two people including a policeman were killed on Friday evening by some unknown gunmen in southern district of the Kashmir Valey, police said. Two more civilians were injured, one…
Guwahati, Aug 12 (IANS) Two people were killed and five injured on Friday when militants opened fire in a village in Assam’s Tinsukia district, police said. The attack is suspected to have been carried out…
Moscow, Aug 12 (IANS) An anti-aircraft missile regiment based in Crimea had received a new S-400 Triumf air defence missile system, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday. The regiment will take part in a…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) on Friday said their ongoing negotiations were on the right track and they were closer to a final settlement. “We…
Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Dozens of people were injured post Friday prayer protests across the Kashmir Valley, despite the strict curfew and restrictions. According to police, protests appeared in Shopian, Sopore, Beerwah, Bandipora, Ganderbal, and…
Shillong, Aug 12 (IANS) The Meghalaya Police on Friday foiled a jailbreak by arrested rebels of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) from…
Damascus, Aug 12 (IANS) Islamic State militants have kidnapped nearly 2,000 civilians while evacuating their last position in the northern town of Manbej near Turkey on Friday, Kurdish activists and a monitor group reported. A…
Islamabad, Aug 12 (IANS) Pakistan wants to have an exclusive dialogue with India on Kashmir, the country’s top foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Friday. India suspended bilateral dialogue with Pakistan after gunmen attacked…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu at the inauguration of “Independence Day Film Festival” at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, on Aug 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Aug…
Riyadh, Aug 12 (IANS) At least three women trying to cross into Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group were arrested in Lebanon, Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday. The women were handed to…