Kabul, July 11 (IANS) At least 13 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province in an airstrike, a defence official said on Monday. “Based on a confirmed tip-off, the Afghan Army warplanes…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11 (IANS) Saying terrorists have no religion, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said an entire community should not be blamed for the alleged links of some with the IS. Extremist activities…
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) A soldier was killed on Monday along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district when the army battled guerrillas who tried to sneak in from Pakistan. Defence ministry sources told…
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Monday asked the Centre to abandon plans to catch mafia dons like Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Tiger Memon and instead book controversial Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik….
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension over the death of 22 people during protests against the killing of a top Hizbul commander,…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government appealed for calm on Sunday as six more people died in unending demonstrations against the killing of a top militant leader, taking the…
Dhaka, July 10 (IANS) The Bangladesh government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV, a Mumbai-based channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said his…
Damascus, July 10 (IANS) At least 29 militants were killed in battles with the Syrian government forces near a key route in Syria’s Aleppo city, a Human Rights monitor group reported on Sunday. The Al-Qaeda-linked…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday accused Pakistan of influencing sympathisers of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, who was killed in Kashmir, and warned it of a…
Dhaka, July 10 (IANS) The Bangladeshi government on Sunday decided to close down Peace TV, a Mumbai-based TV channel run by controversial Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation. “We’ve decided to stop airing the…
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday appealed for calm as four more people died in continuing protests against the killing of a top guerrilla leader, taking the death toll to…
Dhaka, July 10 (IANS) The bodies of five of the six Islamist assailants, who stormed an upscale Dhaka cafe on July 1 and left 22 people dead, were still at a mortuary here on Sunday…
Rio de Janeiro, July 10 (IANS) Brazil’s armed forces have carried out a series of military exercises in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the start of the Olympic Games, which open on August 5. The…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday offered “all possible support” to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti following the death of 16 people in clashes with security forces. Rajnath…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (IANS) Seventeen men and women are missing from Kerala’s Kasargode district, and a police officer said on Sunday they were probing reports that they may have joined the Islamic State. Various central…
Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (IANS) At least three Indonesians have been kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants on Malayasia’s eastern coast of Sabah on Borneo island, officials said on Sunday. They were sailing in a raft…
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) The death toll in violence in Kashmir Valley on Sunday rose to 16 after a youth was killed and four other persons succumbed to the injuries they sustained in Saturday’s clashes…
Srinagar, July 10 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in Kashmir Valley on Sunday to maintain the law and order situation after 11 protesters were killed in violent clashes with security forces on Saturday, officials said. Kashmir…
Juba, July 9 (IANS) At least 115 people have been confirmed killed after heavy gunfire erupted at the presidential palace in Juba, where President Salva Kiir was meeting his onetime rival, Vice-President Riek Machar, Xinhua…
Damascus, July 9 (IANS) The general command of the Syrian army announced on Saturday an extension of a recently declared truce for another 72 hours, state news agency SANA reported. The nationwide ceasefire was initially…