Manila, Aug 28 (IANS) A Philippine militant jihadi group attacked a prison in the city of Marawi and freed eight of its members incarcerated there, authorities said on Sunday. At least 50 heavily-armed guerrilla fighters…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Unity and compassion have been the key words while dealing with the unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Modi said these two words invariably…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) At least four terrorists involved in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 in Lahore were killed by security forces on Sunday. Zubair, Abdul Wahab, Adnan and Atique…
Ankara, Aug 28 (IANS) Four rockets were fired at the airport in Turkey’s southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday night, Dogan news agency reported. According to Xinhua news agency, the rockets were fired at a…
Damascus, Aug 28 (IANS) Kurdish fighters said they had confronted an attack by the Turkey-backed rebels in northern Syria on Saturday, marking the first clash between the groups, following Ankara’s military intervention in northern Syria…
Shiberghan, Aug 28 (IANS) Conflict between government forces and Taliban militants in the northern Jauzjan province have left five insurgents dead and 10 others injured on Saturday, police chief of the province Rahmatullah Turkistani said….
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) The father of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 sparked off the current violent unrest in Kashmir Valley has met spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout near Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of the cafe attack that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages last…
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan on Saturday decided to escalate its diplomatic lobbying on Kashmir, with 22 parliamentarians to go as special envoys to various countries to apprise them about the “brutalities and human rights…
Agartala, Aug 27 (IANS) China, which earlier provided support to terrorists in northeast India, is now trying to get involved in political developments in the countries adjoining India, security experts from India and Bangladesh said…
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday nominated 22 parliamentarians as special envoys to highlight “the Indian brutalities and human rights abuses” in Jammu and Kashmir in key parts of the world….
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police on Saturday said they have killed the mastermind of last month’s terror attack on a Dhaka cafe and two other militants during a raid on a house outside the…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday slammed Pakistan and separatist leaders for fuelling unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and hoped that a “very concerned” Prime Minister Narendra Modi would get…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 50th day across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday with no let up in separatist-called shutdown as the death toll rose to 71 after the body…
London, Aug 27 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terror group has released a video showing five boys, including one it identified as British, carrying out the killing of prisoners in Syria. The children appeared to…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Mastermind of the Dhaka cafe attack along with two other militants were killed on Saturday during a raid in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. Monirul Islam, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka; Author: John Gimlette; Publisher: Quercus (London); Pages: 518; Price: Rs 650 Sri Lanka has to be the most beautiful country I have ever seen,…
Brussels, Aug 27 (IANS) An explosion hit a sports centre in the southern Belgian city of Chimay early on Friday, killing one person and injuring four others. Parts of the building at the “Le Chalon”…
Dhaka, 26 Aug (IANS) Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday alleged political patronisation behind the terror attacks on a cafe and an Eid congregation here last month, and said the masterminds will be…
By Saeed Naqvi Hakan Fidan, Chief of Turkish Intelligence, did not give much credence to warnings by Russian agencies that a coup to oust President Tayyip Erdogan was in the works. But he shared the…