Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Slain online Bangladeshi activist Nazimuddin Samad went into hiding at for some days after getting death threats for writing against religious extremism. His friends said Nazim, 27, went into hiding at…
Dhaka, April 9 (IANS) Bangladesh police on Saturday said they are yet to find any blogs written by murdered online activist Nazimuddin Samad, but have found a diary he maintained since 2009. An Al Qaeda…
Manila, April 9 (IANS) A former Italian priest-turned-businessman, held hostage for six months by the Abu Sayyaf militant group on the southern Philippine island of Sulu, has been released. Rolando Del Torchio, 53, was kidnapped…
New York, April 9 (IANS) Social media giant Facebook and mobile message service WhatsApp are increasingly being used to sell weapons like AK-47s and truck-mounted machine guns in war-ravaged Libya, a media report said on…
Brussels, April 9 (IANS) Investigators have arrested Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini in a police operation in the Anderlecht district of Brussels. Abrini has been linked to the terror attacks in Paris on November 13…
Geneva, April 9 (IANS/WAM) The vast majority of victims of violent extremism worldwide are Muslims and the objective of extremists “is for us to turn on each other [and] our unity is the ultimate rebuke…
Copenhagen, April 9 (IANS) The Danish government said on Friday it hopes to revise the country’s anti-terrorism laws to toughen punishment on those joining terrorist groups and stop its citizens from travelling to areas abroad…
Damascus, April 9 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) claimed on Friday to have released 300 workers abducted from a cement factory after earlier TV reports said 175 workers had been executed. In a statement carried…
Baghdad, April 9 (IANS) The US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Baghdad on Friday that no US troops will be sent to Iraq, urging for a “unified and functioning” Iraqi government amid the…
Brussels, April 9 (IANS) Mohamed Abrini, suspected of involvement in the November 2015 attacks in Paris, was arrested Friday by the Belgian police, reported Belgian broadcaster RTBF. Abrini is also thought to be the “man…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The VHP on Friday said the Narendra Modi government’s flip-flop over its policy towards Pakistan had confused the masses and demanded a white paper on its policies on terrorism and…
New Delhi: Union MoS Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at the Parliament on Day-1 of the budget session in New Delhi, on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju…
New Delhi/Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) A special court in Punjab’s Mohali town on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and three other operatives of the banned Pakistan-based terror group in…
(160330) — GENEVA, March 30, 2016 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech at the opening of high level meeting on global responsibility sharing for Syrian refugees in Geneva, Switzerland, March 30, 2016….
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) A…
Beijing, April 8 (IANS) China said on Friday it is in “contact” with India over Beijing’s decision to block New Delhi’s move to ban Pathankot terror attack mastermind, Jaish-e-Mohamed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. Chinese foreign…
Mumbai: Former IPS officer of Gujarat D G Vanzara arrives at a press conference after David Headley`s deposition expose Ishrat Jahan; in Mumbai, on Feb 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Gandhinagar, April 8 (IANS) Former Gujarat…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) A special NIA court in Mohali on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar and three other operatives of the banned Pakistan-based terror group in the Pathankot…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) A court here on Friday rejected the bail plea of a suspected member of the Islamic State (IS), Naseer Packers, arrested on the charge of motivating youths to join the…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Congress on Friday said that the BJP-led government’s foreign policy had dismantled the entire matrix of India’s strategic and diplomatic advantage over Pakistan. The Congress said it was time…