New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday accused the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of interfering in the 2008 Malegaon blast case to give “clean chits” to accused people with RSS-BJP background and sought…
Kabul, May 15 (IANS) At least 16 militants were killed in a gunfight as Taliban militants targeted a major highway linking Kabul to six provinces, police said on Sunday. “Taliban attacked security checkpoints in Chashma-e-Shir…
Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) Pakistan has accused India of supporting terrorists and separatists, particularly in restive Balochistan province, the media reported on Sunday. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif made the accusation in an interview to Dunya…
Cairo, May 15 (IANS) The Islamic States (IS) militant group continues to plot deadly suicide bombing attacks in Iraq. According to UN Assistance Mission, the country has been witnessing some of the worst violence in…
Cannes, May 15 (IANS) International movie celebrities were scared almost to death by a failed PR stunt staged by an internet company, which hired fake Islamic State-looking commandos to make a sea landing at a…
Aden, May 15 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed on Sunday in a suicide bombing in Yemen’s Hadramout province. The bomb attack occurred near the gate of a police recruitment centre. Another 70 people…
Dhaka, May 15 (IANS) The Bangladeshi police on Sunday arrested a key suspect in connection with the murders of an editor and his friend for which a “Bangladesh branch” of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility. “The…
Tokyo, May 15 (IANS) Around 1,000 protestors marched in Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, on Sunday in protest the relocation of a controversial US military base and demanded the closure of all bases on…
Balasore, May 15 (IANS) India on Sunday test fired an indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile from the launch complex of Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha’s Bhadrak district. The advanced version of low…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Indian Army on Sunday denied there was a “mutiny” in an infantry unit in the northeast after the death of a soldier during training. The army, however, said, that…
Baghdad, May 15 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Sunday foiled multiple suicide bomb attacks targeting a gas plant in the suburb of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. The attacks occurred when two suicide bombers…
Damascus, May 15 (IANS) The Syrian army recaptured an Islamic State (IS)-held hospital in Deir al-Zour province. The army on Saturday also freed doctors and nurses, who were taken hostage by the IS inside the…
CARACAS, May 1, 2016 (Xinhua) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro takes part in an event to commemorate the International Worker’s Day in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 1, 2016. Nicolas Maduro announced a 30 percent increase…
NAY PYI TAW, March 17, 2016 (Xinhua) — Newly elected president of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw waves to media in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 15, 2016. Myanmar President-elect U Htin Kyaw Thursday submitted to…
London, May 15 (IANS) The centre of the British city of Bath was returning to normal on Saturday after experts defused a wartime bomb discovered during building work. Contractors working at the site of a…
London, May 14 (IANS) A Bangladeshi has been jailed for life for planning a terror attack on a US airbase in Britain. A court in London on Friday sentenced Junead Khan, 25, for contacting the…
Paris, May 14 (IANS) Rennes, a city in northwestern France, has been engulfed by violent protests over labour reform that will see longer working hours for less money, media reported on Saturday. The rallies, according…
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Amid China and Pakistan’s opposition to India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the US has backed New Delhi’s entry into the group. US State Department spokesman John Kirby on…
Washington, May 14 (IANS) India’s nuclear force is an additional driver behind China’s nuclear modernisation, the Pentagon has said. China has deployed new command, control, and communications capabilities to its nuclear forces to improve control…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said he has been getting many letters from VIPs expressing concern over the idea of selecting strategic partners in defence. The defence ministry had…