Tehran, July 25 (IANS) Iran said security is interlinked in Iran and Afghanistan, and both countries should enhance cooperation to deal with the issue of terrorism in the region, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security…
Vatican City, July 24 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis is praying for 11-month-old Charlie Gard and his parents after they said they have ended their legal battle over treatment for the critically sick British baby, Vatican spokesman…
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The first batch of 300 Haj pilgrims let for Saudi Arabia from the Chowdhary Charan Singh international airport here on Monday. The pilgrims were flagged off from the Haj House by…
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Four months after singer Sonu Nigam courted controversy over the ‘azaan’ issue, actress-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi on Monday found herself in a similar situation as she expressed irritation over the Muslim prayer…
Jammu, July 24 (IANS) A batch of 673 pilgrims on Monday left winter capital Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. “Another batch of 673 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 2.50 a.m. in…
Cairo, July 24 (IANS) The urgent meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Jerusalem, originally scheduled on Wednesday, will be postponed till Thursday, the Arab League (AL) announced. AL spokesman Mahmoud Afifi said on Sunday that…
Damascus, July 24 (IANS) Some 50 militants with the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front were killed in an explosion in Syrian city of Idlib, media reports said. On Sunday, the cars, loaded with ammunition, went off near…
Amman, July 24 (IANS) A Jordanian was killed, another injured and a Israeli staffer at the Israeli embassy in Jordan was also injured in a shooting inside the embassy. In a statement on Sunday night,…
Baghdad, July 24 (IANS) Iraqi government and security forces have received some 350 civilians fleeing the rule of Islamic State (IS) in the province of Anbar, a police source said. The civilians have arrived in…
Kabul, July 24 (IANS) Banned militant outfit the Taliban took control of a district in Ghor province in Afghanistan, after an earlier seize on the same day of a district in the northern part of…
Riyadh, July 23 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced that Qatari pilgrims will be allowed access to Saudi Arabia via only two designated airports, media reports said on Sunday. Saudi Arabia’s Haj and Umra Ministry confirmed that…
Dhaka, July 23 (IANS) The 96-year-old ailing chief of Hefazat-e-Islam, a pro-Islamist platform in Bangladesh, has been flown to the Indian capital for treatment after his health condition worsened, a media report said. Shah Ahmed…
Jammu, July 23 (IANS) Another batch of 1,141 pilgrims left Jammu on Sunday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. “The pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 2.50 a.m….
United Nations, July 23 (IANS) The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting on Monday morning to discuss the violence unfolding in Jerusalem, diplomats said. According to the UN mission of China, president of…
Baghdad, July 23 (IANS) Police arrested 12 persons suspected of belonging to the Islamic State terror organization and 13 imams of mosques in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, officials said. Nineveh’s police chief Wathiq…
Jerusalem, July 23 (IANS) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a Palestinian knife attack in a West Bank settlement that claimed the lives of three members of an Israeli family. Netanyahu on Saturday denounced the…
Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) The Pakistani army said that security forces have “killed many terrorists” during an on-going major operation against militant groups. “Many terrorists have been killed, a few fled to Afghanistan. Terrorists hideouts…
Guwahati, July 22 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday “cleansed” with milk a college located at Mariani in Assam’s tea-rich Jorhat district after the college authorities allowed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to organise a training…
Jammu, July 22 (IANS) A fresh batch of over 1,100 pilgrims left here on Saturday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, an official said. “Another batch of 1,180 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas…
United Nations, July 22 (IANS) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the situation in the Old City of Jerusalem, where three Palestinians were killed and 400 wounded in clashes following the Friday…