Bamako, April 18 (IANS) The driver of the vehicle used to transport perpetrators of an attack at Cote d’Ivoire’s beach resort of Grand Bassam has been arrested in Bamako, Mali’s intelligence service said. The suspect,…
Moscow, April 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Monday raised the issue of China vetoing India’s bid at the UN to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed…
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) Three tribal guerrillas who fled from their Bangladeshi hideout surrendered to the Tripura Police, officials said here on Sunday. Ganaram Reang, Danasai Reang and Salendra Reang, belonging to the National Liberation…
Washington, April 17 (IANS) The US Defence Department said nine detainees had been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre to Saudi Arabia. The transfer reduces to 80 the number of prisoners remaining at the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 15 (IANS) India took aim squarely against the use of secret vetoes to protect terrorists and their backers from UN sanctions, an action that China has repeatedly taken to…
Istanbul, April 14 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called on Islamic countries to stand united against terrorism and violence, the most fundamental problems facing the Muslim world. “We should be unifying and…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan pushed the Afghan Taliban on Thursday to join peace negotiations, two days after the group launched their annual fighting season that could further complicate efforts for the dialogue. The Taliban…
Gurgaon/New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The family members of Major Amit Deswal, who died in a gun battle with tribal militants in Manipur, on Thursday said they were proud of his “martyrdom”. Major Deswal of…
Nagpur, April 14 (IANS) A policeman was killed when Maoists opened indiscriminate fire on him at a function on Thursday in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district to mark the 125th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, the architect…
Kabul, April 14 (IANS) A highway police chief and his two bodyguards was killed on Thursday when assailants opened fire on his vehicle in Afghanistan’s Takhar province. “The police chief for highways linking Takhar to…
Imphal, April 14 (IANS) Two soldiers have been killed in separate attacks by militants in Manipur, officials said on Thursday. Two others are battling for their lives. While Major Amit Deswal died in a gun…
US President Barack Obama. (File Photo: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, April 14 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Wednesday pledged to keep up momentum in the fight against the Islamic State (IS), saying the 66-member coalition…
New Delhi: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on April 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former French…
Madris, April 13 (IANS) A man suspected of supplying weapons to the terrorist who killed four people in a Paris supermarket and a policeman in January 2015 was arrested in Spain on Wednesday. Antoine Denive,…
Madrid, April 13 (IANS) Spanish police on Wednesday said they have arrested a man suspected of supplying arms to supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly in January 2015 Paris attacks. Coulibaly killed five people in a siege…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) A heat wave on Wednesday swept across Telangana and Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh with most places recording a maximum temperature of above 40 degrees Celsius , while a couple of…
Paris, April 13 (IANS) Three French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an explosive device during an operation in Mali, French President Francois Hollande’s office said on Wednesday. They were deployed in Mali as…
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) paid hackers to crack the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. The FBI contacted hackers who found at least one previously unknown software flaw in the iPhone…
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The Pentagon on Tuesday said 12 militants of al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida-affiliated group in Somalia, were killed in US airstrikes this week. The US military conducted two airstrikes late Monday evening and…
Ramadi, April 13 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Tuesday fought fierce clashes against the Islamic State (IS) terrorists and made new gains in the battleground town of Heet in Iraq’s western province of Anbar. Security…