Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Over 670 companies of central forces will be deployed in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 25, Election Commission officials said on Saturday. A total of…
Dhaka, April 23 (IANS) Bangladeshi police suspect the involvement of Islamist radicals in the murder of a university teacher who was hacked to death on Saturday morning. Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, who taught English at the…
Seoul, April 23 (IANS) North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Saturday. The projectile, estimated to have been a missile…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Indian and Thai navies are conducting a coordinated patrol in the Andaman Sea to strengthen interoperability and prevent unlawful activities, said an official statement on Saturday. The two navies have…
Imphal, April 23 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated the Khongjom war monument at the place where the last battle of Manipur’s independence was fought against the British army in 1891. The war memorial…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) A man suspected in two connected shootings that left five people dead on Friday night in the southern US state of Georgia has been found dead, police said. Police sources said…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) Five people were shot dead in two connected shootings in the US state of Georgia, police said. The suspected gunman is still at large. The shootings took place in Appling on…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan) (wyl) Berlin, April 23 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials will on Saturday visit the Turkish-Syrian border to promote a controversial month-old migrant deal. The visit…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) At least five people were confirmed dead in two connected shootings on Friday night in Georgia state of the US, Xinhua news agency reported.
Washington, April 23 (IANS) Twenty civilians were likely killed in US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between September and February, said the US Central Command in a statement on its website on Friday. The US…
Geneva, April 23 (IANS) UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced on Friday that he will push on with proximity talks on all possible levels until April 27 in a bid to broker…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) At least five adults and two children were killed in a US state in what appears to be “execution-style” killings, law enforcement officials said on Friday. All of the victims were…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Indian Army chief, General Dalbir Singh, on Friday reviewed Exercise Shatrujeet in the desserts of Rajasthan, an official statement said. The army chief was received by Lieutenant General Sarath…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The Election Commission on Friday removed the district magistrate of South 24 Parganas and superintendent of police in North 24 Parganas, as also 13 other police officers in West Bengal where…
Washington, April 22 (IANS) A Rhode Island man awaiting trial on terrorism charges plotted with others — from behind bars — to behead people in the US, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. A superseding indictment…
Mogadishu, April 22 (IANS) Troops of Somalia and the African Union killed at least three Al-Shabaab militants and injured four others in an operation in the Somali region of Bakool on Friday, an official said….
Washington, April 22 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid more than $1 million to access San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone, the agency said on Thursday. It is for the first time the agency has offered…
Jammu, April 22 (IANS) Over 130 students from Mumbai schools are on an adventure tour of the border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, interacting with war veterans and even trying their hand at firearms and…
London, April 22 (IANS) Britain’s ability to fight terrorism would be “more effective” with its European allies, US President Barack Obama has said. Writing in the Daily Telegraph Obama, who is on a three-day visit…
Pyongyang, April 22 (IANS) Pyongyang on Friday said it will send to Seoul the families of 13 North Korean workers who are alleged by South Korea to have defected. The family members will be sent…