Brussels, June 18 (IANS) Police in Belgium have made 12 arrests in a huge anti-terror operation, following the deadly bomb attacks on capital Brussels in March. Those detained on Friday night are suspected of plotting…
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Torkham reopened on Saturday, after a closure of nearly six days during which the two sides skirmished over the issue of construction of a…
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) Flying Officers Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India’s first three women fighter pilots. On completion of successful training at the Air Force Academy in…
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India’s first three women fighter pilots. On completion of successful training at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal on…
Washington, June 18 (IANS) The US House of Representatives has rejected by vote two amendments to cut Washington’s assistance for Pakistan, the media reported on Saturday. While debating the annual Defence Appropriations Act for the…
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) A day after clashes broke out in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa between Muslims and people of the Kalash tribe over “forced conversion” of a Kalash girl to Islam, the girl clarified that she…
Rome, June 17 (IANS/AKI) A police bomb disposal squad was called to Rome’s Balduina district on Friday when garbage collectors spotted a live World-War II hand-grenade in a dust bin. Police rapidly sealed off the…
Moscow, June 17 (IANS) Iraqi government forces on Friday said they have retaken the main government compound in the city of Falluja from Islamic State militants. A statement said the Iraqi flag was raised above…
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) An international legal framework is required to tackle the growing e-threats and emerging borderless issues in cyber attacks, a top cyber security official said on Friday. “In India, we have a…
Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) Even as it expressed concern over the death threat from suspected Islamic State militants to a priest at the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, the Swami Vivekananda-founded order on Friday expressed confidence…
Geneva, June 17 (IANS) The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)on Friday said the besieged Syrian town of Al-Waer received food, health, education and other emergency supplies, the first aid to reach the…
Abuja, June 17 (IANS) At least 18 persons were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police said on Friday. The attack occurred around 10p.m. (local time) on Thursday, Xinhua news agency quoted…
Paris, June 17 (IANS) The European secret services were seeking six ships that left Turkey in mid-May with weapons destined for Islamic State in Libya, a source from security forces in the Middle East said…
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) Pakistan has refused to back down from construction of a gate on the border with Afghanistan, saying it was a matter of national security, even as a second round of talks…
Hyderabad, June 17 (IANS) With the army’s decision to close certain roads in Secunderabad Cantonment causing concern among general public, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday assured that he will try to solve the problem….
Bengaluru, June 17 (IANS) Public-sector aerospace and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Friday inaugurated indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40 here in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. “The indigenous content on…
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Becoming a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will not have any impact, positive or negative, on India’s civil nuclear programme, noted expert on nuclear technology G. Balachandran said…
Kinshasa, June 17 (IANS) Over 8,000 children were rescued from armed groups by the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in Congo (MONUSCO), from January 1, 2009 to May 31, 2015, its head, Josiah Obat, has said….
London, June 17 (IANS) One of the largest charities helping migrants across Europe said it will no longer accept funds from the European Union and its member states in protest against the “shameful response” to…
On board MV Paramhamsa (West Bengal), June 17 (IANS) The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) is exploring possibilities of low draft vessels that could carry 2,000 MT of load in waterways as shallow as…