London, March 9 (IANS) The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday unveiled a memorial in central London to honour the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In an official event with some 2,500…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of a document cache believed to detail CIA hacking tools designed to breach computers, web servers, smartphones and televisions, a…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) A militant was killed and an army officer injured in a shootout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, police said. “Following information about a militant travelling in a vehicle…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) Two suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists and a civilian were killed on Thursday in a gunfight between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who…
Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) A Nepali national was killed when Indian border guards Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) allegedly opened fire at the Nepal-India border on Thursday following a dispute over building a culvert over Sano…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A parliamentary panel on Thursday rapped the Defence Ministry for not taking any “concrete measures” following terror attacks like Uri and Pathankot. The parliamentary standing committee on Defence headed by…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Is the Islamic State behind the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast in Madhya Pradesh? While the Madhya Pradesh police was quick to link the arrested suspects with the terror group, Union…
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) China on Thursday urged the US to stop tapping phones, monitoring, spying and launching cyber attacks on China and other countries, after WikiLeaks released what it called data on hacking carried…
Karwar (Karnataka), March 9 (IANS) INS Tillanchang, a Water Jet Fast-Attack Craft (WJFAC), was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command, here on Thursday….
Damascus, March 9 (IANS) At least 23 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the US-led international coalition near the Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a British war monitor reported on Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) Hawaii has become the first state in the US to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) Buckling under pressure from both the opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena, Maharashtra legislative council Chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar on Thursday suspended Independent member Prashant Paricharak for 18 months from the…
Damascus, March 9 (IANS) At least 14 civilians were killed in air strikes by the US-led international coalition near the Syrian city of al-Raqqa, a London-based war monitor reported on Thursday The Syrian Observatory for…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) FBI Director James Comey warned that Americans should not have expectations of “absolute privacy” after the disclosure of a range of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “There…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Members in the Lok Sabha on Thursday raised the issue of the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, and sought action from the government. Raising…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer slammed the “double standard” in the level of interest over CIA documents purportedly posted by WikiLeaks this week and a batch of emails taken from…
Jammu, March 9 (IANS) A soldier posted in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir was found dead on Thursday with gun shot wounds, the Defence Ministry said. The Army has ordered an investigation into the death…
Tel Aviv, March 9 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday left for a one-day visit to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin amidst speculations of an agreement to end the war in Syria….
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday conveyed its concerns to Pakistan on the movement of terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-held Kashmir, informed sources said. The Director General…
Kuala Lumpur, March 9 (IANS) Two Malaysians working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) who were stranded in North Korea amid a diplomatic row have left the country, a top official said on Thursday….