Kabul, Aug 20 (IANS) Taliban militants on Saturday seized control of Khan Abad district in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province as sporadic clashes continued around the district centre, officials said. “Dozens of armed militants overran the district…
Seoul, Aug 20 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister held a meeting with the US Secretary of Navy here to discuss potential threats from the North Korea and ways to increase countermeasures, according to the Ministry…
Islmabad, Aug 20 (IANS) US citizen Matthew Craig Barrett who has been “blacklisted” in Pakistan and was arrested earlier this month after entering the country, was deported on Saturday morning, sources said. Barrett boarded a…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Four bullet-ridden bodies have been recovered in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, according to media reports. Military sources said the bodies were found in Kalat district late Friday evening, Dawn online reported. An…
Manila, Aug 20 (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to declare a ceasefire on Saturday to reciprocate a week-long truce that the communist rebels have announced. Presidential communication secretary Martin Andanar said that Duterte…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Karachi operation, which will complete its three years next month, was not going to end any time soon and there would be…
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Authorities on Saturday continued curfew and shutdown for the 43rd consecutive day paralysing life across Kashmir. Police said curfew will remain in force in Anantnag town and parts of Srinagar city…
Pune (Maharashtra), Aug 19 (IANS) Automobiles major Bajaj Auto Ltd. has launched a search for the 1971 India-Pakistan war heroes who served on the iconic erstwhile aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, an official said here on…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army’s Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due…
Manila, Aug 19 (IANS) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Friday night issued a unilateral declaration for a seven-day ceasefire to “celebrate and bolster” the resumption of formal peace talks with the government….
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) As part of India’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju visited Tawang, a border area of Arunachal Pradesh, to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with the troops…
Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) The police on Friday caned about 100 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists and took 40 of them into preventive custody for attempting to barge into Amnesty International India office here…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army’s Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) After Turkey requested India to take action against oganisations and educational institutions in India which are affiliated to Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday briefed External Affairs…
Berlin, Aug 19 (IANS) German officials on Friday decided to ban the full-face veil in certain areas. After joint consultations in Berlin, the interior ministers of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU union reached this agreement,…
Geneva, Aug 19 (IANS) Unicef on Friday warned that the ongoing fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo was affecting over two million people of the city who have no access to safe drinking water….
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Crimea where he is due to attend a security meeting amid heightened tensions in the region. Putin’s visit to the peninsula comes days…
Mon (Nagaland), Aug 19 (IANS) Heavy exchange of fire took place on Friday between Assam Rifles and banned terrorist outfit NSCN (Khaplang) after the soldiers allegedly raided some of the villages along the Indo-Myanmar border….
Seoul, Aug 19 (IANS) North Korea warned on Friday that South Korea will pay dearly for its largest live-fire artillery drill on Thursday near the border, the media reported. The Kim Jong-un regime described the…
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) At least four Border Security Force troopers were injured when militants attacked their camp in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Friday. A gunfight began in the area when the militants attacked…