New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India has sought the release of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq while expressing support for “unity and territorial integrity of Iraq”, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday. Minister of…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 22 (IANS) After the heavy exchange of fire between the Indian Army and the banned insurgent outfit NSCN (Khaplang) last week in Nagaland along the India-Myanmar border, both countries on Monday…
The Hague, Aug 22 (IANS) A man charged with destroying cultural sites in Mali pleaded guilty on Monday during a hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ahmad Al Mahdi is accused of war crimes…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) Taliban destroyed an important bridge connecting Afghanistan and Tajikistan amid intense fighting in the northern Kunduz province, in which 16 Taliban rebels died in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defence…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 15 militants were killed and three others arrested as a clash flared up between them and the security forces in Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. According…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday acknowledged that “only development can’t resolve the problem in Jammu and Kashmir”, said former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who led a delegation of ppposition…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narender Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated Kabul’s Stor Palace via video conference and called the monument a “setting for many momentous historical events”. “The inauguration…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 22 (IANS) Myanmar military authorities have denied that there was a recent exchange of gunfire on its soil between Indian army and a rebellion ethnic group — the National Socialist Council…
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IANS) A day after a teenager was killed in clashes with the security forces, authorities decided to continue curfew in the entire Srinagar city on Monday. “Curfew will continue in Srinagar without…
Ankara, Aug 22 (IANS) At least one soldier was killed and three others were injured in a bomb attack on an armoured military vehicle in Turkey’s Sanliurfa province on Sunday, the local media reported. The…
Baghdad, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 40 persons were executed on Sunday by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Iraq’s Mosul city, a security official said. The victims were executed over charges of conspiring…
Srinagar, Aug 21 (IANS) A 25-year old youth died on Sunday of a tear smoke shell injury during clashes with security forces in the old city area of Srinagar, taking the death toll in the…
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have arrested at least 198 terrorists, including of Al Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban, in a combing operation in Punjab province from December 2014 to August 2016, police said….
Ankara, Aug 21 (IANS) The suicide bomber who carried out the deadly wedding attack in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, which claimed at least 51 lives, was aged between 12 and 14, President Recep…
Baghdad, Aug 21 (IANS) Iraqi authorities on Sunday executed 36 insurgents of the Islamic State militant group held guilty of the 2014 Camp Speicher massacre in which nearly 1,700 air force cadets were killed, the…
Baghdad, Aug 21 (IANS) Iraqi authorities on Sunday executed 36 insurgents of the Islamic State (IS) militant group held guilty of the 2014 Camp Speicher massacre in which close to 1,700 air force cadets were…
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack in Turkey that left 50 people dead on the previous night. Islamabad also reaffirmed solidarity with Ankara. “The government and people of Pakistan are…
Mogadishu, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 15 persons were killed when two suicide car bombers detonated themselves in Somalia’s Galkayo town on Sunday, the police said. “Two car bomb blasts targeted the local government headquarters,”…
Ankara, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and over 90 others injured in an explosion at a wedding in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, the media reported on Sunday. At least 17…
Jammu, Aug 21 (IANS) Those advocating the cause of stone pelters in the Kashmir Valley are playing petty politics, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Sunday. Addressing a public meeting in Samba district…