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…
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…
Baghdad, May 30 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in two bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday, a police source said. In one attack, a booby-trapped…
Kabul, May 30 (IANS) At least 11 Afghan police personnel were killed when Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Helmand province, police said on Monday. The militants raided the checkpoints in Bayzo area, Gereshk district,…
Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) An image of a a freelance Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria has been posted online. A Syrian anti-government activist uploaded what appeared to be the photo of Jumpei Yasuda…
Canberra, May 30 (IANS) An Australian man has reportedly been killed while fighting against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Social media accounts belonging to Kurdish military units claimed 45-year-old former Australian Defence Force (ADF)…
Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Police in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Sunday registered a case against unnamed American officials for the US drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, and driver of a…
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) The family of the taxi driver who was killed with Afghan Taliban chief Akhtar Mansour earlier this month in the US drone strike in Balochistan on Sunday filed a police complaint…
Jerusalem, May 29 (IANS) Israeli security forces have arrested five Palestinians who orchestrated an explosive attack on a Jerusalem bus in April, the Israeli army said on Sunday. At least 21 Israelis were injured in…
Damascus, May 29 (IANS) Over 6,000 people have fled areas in northern Syria as a result of the attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The mass exodus was…
Bogota, May 29 (IANS) Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group released two TV reporters who were abducted when they entered militant-held territory in search of a another abducted journalist. Diego D’Pablos and cameraman Carlos…
Cairo, May 29 (IANS) The Egyptian armed forces in cooperation with the police killed 36 militants and defused 38 explosive devices in their last two-day security campaign in North Sinai province, the military spokesman said…
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) At least five people including two security personnel and three militants were killed in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, local media reported. Two security personnel were killed…
Ankara, May 29 (IANS) Turkish military killed 104 Islamic State (IS) militants as it struck the IS positions in northern Syria, authorities said on Saturday. The attack was launched on Friday after six rockets fired…
Jammu, May 28 (IANS) A guerrilla hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday and a quantity of arms and ammunition recovered, a defence official said. “Based on specific information, the Rashtriya…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) If Pakistan does not have the capability to curb terrorist activity in its territory, it may seek India’s help, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said. “I want to give a…
Imphal, May 28 (IANS) Newspaper editors in Manipur on Saturday decided not to yield to pressure from the NIA which has demanded they share source of underground press releases and other details which will lead…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Former home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said there was a pattern in the Malegaon blast witnesses turning hostile, especially after the NDA government came to power. “Of course there…
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) At least 15 militants were killed by Afghan security forces in a military operation in Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday. “At least 13 militants were also injured in Baghlan-e-Markazi…