Seoul, May 31 (IANS) North Korea on Tuesday fired what was believed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile but appeared to have failed, a media report said. “The DPRK (North Korea) launched a projectile,…
Nagpur, May 31 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and another 19 injured, some seriously, in a major fire followed by a blast in India’s biggest Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon in adjoining Wardha district…
Algeris, May 31 (IANS) Algeria and France held a security meeting in Algiers to boost their bilateral anti-terror cooperation, the media reported. Co-chaired by the Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the African Union and the…
Beirut, May 31 (IANS) Lebanon’s Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk has said that security forces in recent months have uncovered three networks plotting to carry out bombings in the country. “In the last three months, we…
Tehran, May 31 (IANS) Iran will continue sending military advisers to Syria and Iraq in a fight against terrorism, Iranian Defence Minister said here on Monday. “We will help Syria and Iraq as much as…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 30 (IANS) Kerala’s new Pinarayi Vijayan government on Monday night effected a high-level shake-up in the police force at the highest level. T.P.Sen Kumar, the Director General of Police, Law and Order was…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Some hospitals were trying to loot the government vis-a-vis payments under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday, adding that his ministry is examining the…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Surajit Kar Purkayastha was on Monday appointed new Director General of West Bengal Police, an official release said. He will replace G.M.P Reddy, who retires on Tuesday. Purkayastha, a 1985 batch…
Vienna, May 30 (IANS/AKI) At least 4,000 foreign fighters have travelled from European Union countries to fight IS and other militant groups in Syria and Iraq, the EU said in a new report on Monday…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order directing the reversion of Maj. Gen. N.K. Mehta (now lt. gen.) of the Army Ordnance Corps to the…
Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) A Pakistani foreign affairs advisor here on Monday met with Afghan ambassador Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal to discuss regional situation. Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said both the…
Panaji, May 30 (IANS) Banning diesel cars is a “senseless direction” and bereft of scientific merit, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. Speaking at the inauguration of a state-of-the-art garbage treatment plant at Saligao…
Damascus, May 30 (IANS) A new mass grave containing some 150 corpses bearing gunshot wounds and signs of torture, dumped reportedly by IS militants, were discovered during joint operations in Palmyra. It is the largest…
London, May 30 (IANS) An Islamic State sleeper cell has plans to carry out attacks targeting English and Russian football fans at Euro 2016 during a match in Marseilles, data retrieved from the main Paris…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order directing the reversion of Maj. Gen. N.K. Mehta (now lt. gen.) of the Army Ordnance Corps to the…
Kuwait City, May 30 (IANS) Kuwait’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence awarded to the main suspect of last year’s deadly bombing of a Shia mosque, the media reported. The court confirmed the…
Baghdad, May 30 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Monday launched the final stage of an offensive aimed at freeing the city of Fallujah and nearby areas from the Islamic State (IS) militant group, security sources…
Bamako, May 30 (IANS) At least five peacekeepers were killed and one critically injured in an ambush against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), an official said. In a statement that…
Kabul, May 30 (IANS) Afghan government forces have increased pressure on Taliban militants since the death of the group’s supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour as armed insurgents were killed across the militancy-plagued country over the…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order directing the reversion of Lt. General N.K. Mehta of Army Ordnance Corps to the rank of Brigadier. The…