Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Friday that violence by Islamic extremists was behind an increase in criminal offences in the United Kingdom. Trump was referring to a report published on…
Kabul, Oct 20 (IANS) A suicide bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghanistan’s capital on Friday causing several casualties, witnesses said. The blast occurred when dozens of worshippers were offering evening prayers in…
Damascus, Oct 20 (IANS) The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday declared the “total liberation” of the Syrian city of Raqqa, which for more than three years was the de facto capital of the…
Srinagar, Oct 20 (IANS) Militants on Friday attacked the residence of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Mushtaq Ahmad Shah in Tral town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said the militants hurled…
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) A Pakistani Taliban group on Thursday confirmed that its leader Omar Khalid Khorasani has been killed in a recent US drone strike on the Afghan side of the border. Asad Mansoor,…
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) A hand grenade attack at a restaurant in Pakistan’s Balochistan province has left 20 labourers injured on Thursday, the media reported. The labourers were dining at the restaurant in the coastal…
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) India on Thursday strongly condemned the terror attack by the Taliban on a military base in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province that claimed at least 43 lives and expressed solidarity with the…
Kabul, Oct 19 (IANS) At least 43 soldiers were killed and another nine wounded on Thursday in a coordinated attack by the Taliban on a military base in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. A suicide bomber detonated…
United Nations, Oct 19 (IANS) The Security Council on Wednesday condemned “the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks” carried out by the Taliban in various provinces of Afghanistan. Suicide bombers and gunmen targeted police and government…
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) A senior Pakistani Taliban leader Omar Khalid Khorasani is presumed dead in recent air strikes on the Afghan side of the border, local media and the militant sources said late on…
Kabul, Oct 19 (IANS) The Afghan police arrested five officers in connection with the recent Taliban attack on a police centre in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, an official told EFE on Wednesday. In the…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) Ahead of his India visit, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that the US expects Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups, and warned that countries that…
Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) The Centre has issued advertisements inviting bids for six properties belonging to absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in south Mumbai and Aurangabad, to be auctioned publicly on e-auction on November…
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat arrived here on Wednesday to review the security situation in the Kashmir Valley. The General was received by Lt General D. Anbu, the Northern Army…
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Militants on Wednesday evening shot dead a Special Police Officer (SPO) in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militants barged into Haleem Gujjar’s house in Gutroo village and…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US Navy Seal commandos were ready to conduct a raid inside Pakistan, similar to the one that killed Osama bin Laden, if Islamabad failed to rescue a Canadian-American family seized in…
Agartala, Oct 18 (IANS) There may be some camps of northeastern militants in Bangladesh but the Border Security Force (BSF) has no specific information about them, an official has said. “Some camps of northeastern militants…
Imphal, Oct 18 (IANS) There are no Muslim or Christian terrorists because terrorists are no more religious once they embrace terror, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday. “People cease to be Muslim,…
Islamabad, Oct 18 (IANS) Seven policemen were killed and 22 injured in an explosion in Quetta in Pakistan on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the Sariab Mill area on the Quetta-Sibbi Road, Dawn reported. Security…
Rabat/Khartoum, Oct 18 (IANS) Morocco and Sudan have condemned the terrorist attack that targeted Somali capital Mogadishu and claimed hundreds of lives. In a message to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Tuesday, King Mohammed VI…