Vatican City, Sep 2 (IANS) Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to ensure the safety of civilians in Syria’s Idlib province, one of the last opposition-held territories in the conflict-ridden nation. “The…
Mogadishu (Somalia), Sep 2 (IANS) The death toll in the suicide car bomb blast in Somalia’s Mogadishu reached seven on Sunday, police said. The attack, which took place at 8 a.m. in Howlwadag district, injured…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday visited forward posts in the frontier district of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, and interacted with the troops deployed along the border. She was accompanied…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday discussed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with Governor Satya Pal Malik. “Sitharaman, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, held discussions…
Mogadishu (Somalia), Sep 2 (IANS) Three soldiers were killed and 14 persons injured after a suicide bomber attacked a government office here on Sunday, police said. The blast also damaged nearby houses, blew off the…
By Hardev Sanotra Las Vegas, Sep 2 (IANS) VMware, one of the largest enterprise software companies, says it has no problem with the demand by the Indian government to localise the servers used by big…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Though combating terrorism finds mention in the joint declaration issued following the conclusion of the Bimstec Summit in Kathmandu, the fact of the matter is that connectivity,…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Security forces launched a search operation on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district following a brief gunfight with militants, police said. The militants fired at the security forces in Laddi…
Washington, Sep 2 (IANS) The US military has announced that it was cancelling $300 million in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad’s failure to take action against militant groups, a new blow to…
Damascus, Sep 2 (IANS) A series of explosions was reported at a large Syrian military airport near Damascus, state media reports said on Sunday. The private, pro-regime news outlet al-Mayadeen originally reported that Israeli airstrikes…
Canberra, Sep 2 (IANS) Australia’s largest maritime exercise kicked off on Sunday in participation of navies from 27 countries. Exercise Kakadu, which will run until September 15, involves 23 ships, 21 aircraft and more than…
Riyadh, Sep 2 (IANS) Saudi-led coalition involved in a Yemen war Saturday admitted the wrongdoing in an airstrike that targeted Yemeni city Saada, pledging to hold those responsible accountable, Al Arabiya reported. The coalition accepted…
Raipur, Sep 1 (IANS) One policeman was killed and three others were injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, police said. Inspector General of Bastar range Vivekanand Sinha…
Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Three militants and an army soldier were killed in a gunfight on Saturday in an anti-militancy operation by the army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Three terrorists have been killed…
Baghdad, Sep 1 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Saturday killed a prominent local Islamic State (IS) leader in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said. The incident occurred in the early morning…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) R. Madhavan on Saturday took charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the state-owned Indian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bengaluru. Madhavan, 56,…
By Saeed Naqvi Among the dozen or so guests US Ambassador Frank Wisner was escorting to Bhutan for a holiday was Richard Holbrooke, former US Ambassador to the UN. Wisner had invited a few Indian…
Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar has said that the government will address all 27 deficiencies pointed out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in the country’s anti-money laundering system earlier…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) The Pentagon said here on Friday that US Secretary of Defence James Mattis will embark on a trip that includes stops in India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Monday, September…
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) Major General A.K. Sanyal, General Officer Commanding, Bengal Sub-area, on Friday inaugurated State Bank of India (SBI)’s e-facilitation and e-corner facility for Indian army veterans at the Army Complex near Fort…