U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) Tokyo, April 11 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry became the first top US diplomat to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and museum on…
Kabul, April 11 (IANS) At least 27 militants were killed in air strikes in Kunduz and Nangarhar province of Afghanistan over the past two days, official sources said on Monday. At least 16 militants were…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Referring to India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the security and stability of the Maldives are in the interest of India. The Maldives is…
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) Twelve guerrillas of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) have surrendered to the police along with their arms and ammunition, a police officer said here on Monday. “Ten NLFT militants…
Moscow, April 11 (IANS) At least two militants were killed on Monday as they tried to attack a police station in Russia’s Stavropol region. “Two militants who attempted to attack the Novoselitsky police station were…
Karwar, April 11 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived at the Karwar Naval Base in Karnataka on Monday. Carter, who is on a three-day visit to India, was briefed…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Top commanders of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are meeting here in a three-day conference that started on Monday. Inaugurated by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, the…
Tehran, April 11 (IANS) Iran on Monday confirmed delivery of the first shipment of S-300 missile system to the country. “We had already announced that despite several times of change in time of delivery, the…
Abu Dhabi, April 11 (IANS/WAM) That the UAE has remained an oasis of peace despite turmoil in many countries of the region is a clear indication that its anti-terror measures are effective, strong and on…
Bangkok, April 11 (IANS) Security measures were beefed up on Koh Samui island on Monday for the Songkran festival, when a large number of travellers are expected to visit the popular spot in Thailand. Koh…
Agartala, April 10 (IANS) Eight Bangladesh-trained extremists surrendered to the BSF with foreign-made arms and ammunition on Sunday, an official said. “Eight dreaded militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) fled their Bangladeshi…
Dabolim: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter being welcomed at Dabolim airport in Goa on April 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, April 10 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Sunday said that Indian and US…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) A day ahead of the second part of West Bengal assembly polls’ first phase, the Election Commission on Sunday removed a police officer in Burdwan district. “Following a complaint from CPI-M…
A picture of Zaventem airport in Brussels after two massive explosions devastated the departure area of the airport triggering panic in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. Photo shared by Arab News on twitter….
Tehran, April 10 (IANS) Iran on Sunday dismissed as “baseless” US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks on Iran’s alleged support of terrorism. “These remarks are so baseless that nobody in the world takes heed…
Tehran, April 10 (IANS) Iran will never negotiate over its missile programme as it is a matter of national defence, the country’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here on Sunday. The minister told a…
Brussels, April 10 (IANS) Mohamed Abrini, the man arrested for links with the Paris and Brussels terror attacks, had planned to stage another attack in France, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday. Abrini, who was arrested…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The army, navy and air force on Sunday joined rescue operations in a Kerala temple where a fire tragedy left some 100 people dead, officials said. At least six helicopters,…
Abu Dhabi, April 10 (IANS/WAM) The Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate issued more than 100,000 ‘dangerous offence’ tickets to motorists during the first quarter of 2016. Khalifa Mohamed Al Khaiaili, acting deputy director…
Jammu, April 10 (IANS) Dozens of marchers trying to enter Jammu and Kashmir to express solidarity with protesting non-local students of NIT were stopped by authorities on Sunday and urged them call off the march….