43 killed, 100 injured in Pakistan shrine bombing
Quetta, Nov 13 (IANS) At least 43 people were killed and around 100 injured on Saturday in a bombing at a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The explosion took place at the Shah…
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Criminal network busted in Morocco, 4 held
Rabat, Nov 12 (IANS) Moroccan authorities dismantled a criminal network composed of four persons in the cities of Tangiers and Oujda, the Interior Ministry said. A member of this network is wanted for international drug…
30 killed, 100 injured in Pakistan shrine bombing
Quetta, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and around 100 injured on Saturday in a bombing at a shrine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The explosion took place at the Shah Norani shrine…
10 killed in blast at Pakistan shrine
Quetta, Nov 12 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed in a blast at the Shah Noorani shrine in Balochistan’s Lasbella district on Saturday evening, Geo News reported. The blast occurred when “dhamaal” was taking…
Syrian forces recapture 2 key areas from rebels
Damascus, Nov 12 (IANS) The Syrian forces on Saturday recaptured two important areas fallen recently to the rebels during an offensive in the country’s northern province of Aleppo. The Syrian forces backed by the Lebanese…
India condemns attack on German mission in Afghanistan
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) India on Saturday strongly condemned the terror attack on the German consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday night that claimed the lives of four people. “India strongly…
Four killed in blast in US airbase in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov 12 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and 14 injured in a blast inside Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan early on Saturday, sources said. “An explosive device detonated on…
Three killed in blast in US airbase in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov 12 (IANS) At least three persons were killed and 13 injured in an explosion in the main US and NATO base in Afghanistan’s Parwan province on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support said. “There…
Ku Klux Klan announces Trump victory parade
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to move into the White House, one of the largest Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the country has announced a parade in his honour, media…
Over 120 Somalis evacuated from Yemen
Geneva, Nov 12 (IANS/AKI) The International Organisation for Migration have evacuated 127 Somalis fleeing the conflict in Yemen, including women and children, the IOM said on Friday. The Somalis arrived in Berbera, Somaliland, from Sanaa,…
Threatened IS employs boys as suicide bombers in Mosul
Baghdad, Nov 12 (IANS) Considering their stonghold over Mosul threatened as the Iraqi army advances, the Islamic State (IS) fighters have started employing boys as young as 12 to the frontlines with suicide belts. Witnesses…
Modi, Abe welcome nuclear deal, condemn terrorism
Tokyo, Nov 11 (IANS) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Shinzo Abe of Japan on Friday welcomed the signing of the civil nuclear agreement between the two countries and said it reflects a “new…
Demonetisation will boost economy, hit terrorism: Naidu
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday that demonetisation will provide a fillip to formal economy and severely hit funding for arms smuggling, espionage and terrorism. He…
Pakistani Taliban urge Trump to abandon anti-Islam policies
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to abandon all anti-Islam policies and release Muslims imprisoned in the country. “(Donald Trump) should abandon the anti-Islam policy in…
Lookout for Maoists trying to exchange old notes in Bihar
Patna, Nov 11 (IANS) Policemen in plainclothes have been deployed and those in uniform alerted to keep a close watch for Maoists who try to exchange their old currency notes with new ones, police officials…
Terrorists use chemical weapons in Syria’s Aleppo: Russia
Moscow, Nov 11 (IANS) Russia’s Defence Ministry on Friday said it has discovered proof of terrorists using chemical weapons against civilians and the Syrian military in Aleppo. “Experts of the Russian Defence Ministry have found…
4 killed in German consulate attack in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov 11 (IANS) Four people were killed and over 110 injured when a suicide bomber rammed a truck into the German consulate in the Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif city, officials said on Friday. The attack took…
2 killed in German consulate attack in Kabul
Kabul, Nov 11 (IANS) At least two people were killed and over 80 injured when the German consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif was targeted by a suicide truck bomb and a subsequent attack by Taliban militants,…
IS on the verge of extinction: Iraq
Madrid, Nov 11 (IANS) The Islamic State is almost finished and its stronghold of Mosul in Iraq will be liberated by the end of the year, an Iraqi ambassador to Spain said. “The Islamic State…
Taliban attack on German consulate kills 2 in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov 11 (IANS) At least two persons were killed and more than two dozen injured in an overnight Taliban car bombing against German consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, local officials said on…