By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Like any other youngster, 20-year-old Mohammad Aamir Khan too had a conventional dream of the future. He was however picked up by the Delhi Police one night…
Algeris, Feb 28 (IANS) An Algerian, suspected to be involved in the last year’s terror attacks in Paris, has been arrested, an official said. A public prosecutor said on Saturday that the suspect was summoned…
Damascus, Feb 27 (IANS) The Syrian army said on Saturday that armed rebels in the eastern countryside of the capital Damascus fired several mortar shells into areas inside the capital, the state news agency SANA…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a youth, suspected of having links with the Islamic State (IS) terror group, from West Bengal’s Burdwan district, an official said on Saturday. “The…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 13 injured on Saturday in a suicide attack near Afghanistan’s defence ministry in capital Kabul. According to Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi, a…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) At least 15 suspected militants were killed on Saturday during air strikes conducted by Pakistan military fighter jets in south Waziristan Agency. Official sources told Dawn that at least 15 suspected…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a youth from West Bengal’s Burdwan district suspected of having links with the Islamic State (IS) terror group, an official said on Saturday. “The…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) At least 11 persons were killed and over 30 injured when a bomb rocked Kunar province of Afghanistan on Saturday, sources said. The attack occured when a motorcycle bomb was detonated…
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) At least 35 civilians were set free from a Taliban militants’ prison overnight by Afghan Special Operations forces, the defence ministry said on Saturday. “Those released included five women, five men…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Banned group Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) is nothing but trouble, said a Pakistani daily which noted that these men are a constant source of embarrassment and worry for Pakistan. An editorial “Mutually assured…
Mogadishu, Feb 27 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 16 others injured in Mogadishu blasts that targetted a popular park and a hotel near the Somali presidential palace, police said. According to police…
Mogadishu, Feb 27 (IANS) At least two people were killed and eight others injured after two huge explosions took place at a popular hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police said. Security officer Muktar…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) An Indian national was killed after being hit by stray bullets in Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Friday….
Venice, Feb 26 (IANS/AKI) Police arrested a Macedonian man accused of recruiting jihadists for the Islamic State militant group during a raid at an apartment on Friday in Mestre near Italy’s northeastern city of Venice….
Ankara, Feb 26 (IANS) Saudi Arabian war planes have arrived at Turkey’s Incirlik airbase on Friday as part of an anti-Islamic State build-up being deployed over Syria, local NTV news broadcaster reported. Four F-35 jets…
Damascus, Feb 26 (IANS) Two teenage girls have been stoned to death by Islamic State militants after they were found in a house with two men — who were each flagged 50 times, media reported…
Shillong, Feb 26 (IANS) Security forces on Friday busted the hideout of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) commander-in-chief Sohan D’ Shira but he managed to escape along with his accomplices. Security forces seized 16 improvised…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) A former Afghan governor who was kidnapped in Islamabad earlier this month was recovered from Mardan on Friday, Afghan Consul General Abdullah Waheed Pohan said. Wahidi, who served as governor of…
Washington, Feb 26 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi discussed their joint efforts in combating the Islamic State (IS), the White House said. “The two leaders over phone on Thursday…
Baghdad, Feb 26 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 31 others injured in two suicide bomb attacks at a mosque here, an Interior Ministry source said. During the evening prayer on Thursday, two…