Pyongyang, June 22 (IANS) North Korean authorities are yet to confirm the suspected test-launch of two missiles on Wednesday morning. The state-run KCNA news agency told Xinhua that it was not aware of the missile…
Seoul, June 22 (IANS) North Korea on Wednesday fired the sixth suspected Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, the second in the day, after the fifth test-launch had failed, Yonhap news agency reported citing military authorities. The…
Tripoli, June 22 (IANS) At least 29 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured on Tuesday when an arms depot exploded in Libya’s Garabolli, nearly 60 km east the capital Tripoli. A…
Sanaa, June 22 (IANS) At least 20 fighters of the Shia Houthi group were killed on Tuesday when they launched armed attacks on government-controlled areas and a strategic airbase in Yemen’s southern province of Lahj,…
Brussels, June 22 (IANS) NATO is committed to increasing cooperation with Israel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said here on Tuesday while meeting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. “For more than 20 years, Israel has been…
Berlin, June 21 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif on Tuesday met German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and discussed matters relating to regional security and bilateral ties. According to an Inter Services Public Relations…
Agartala, June 21 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in Tripura after a tribal outfit called for rail and road blockade on Wednesday to press its demand for a separate state. The Indigenous People’s Front…
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), June 21 (IANS) Extraordinary security arrangements were in place for Wednesday’s polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is in the fray, against the backdrop…
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) The Nepalese government has decided to dispatch an aircraft to Afghanistan to bring home the remains of 12 Nepali nationals killed in the Kabul suicide bombing on Monday. A meeting of…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) From the world’s highest battlefield to its largest ocean, soldiers and families from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force observed International Yoga Day by performing Yoga exercises in thousands…
Udhampur, June 21 (IANS) Indian soldiers celebrated the International Yoga Day on Tuesday at Siachen Glacier — the world’s highest battlefield. The armys Fire & Fury Corps at Siachen, Leh, Kargil and other forward posts…
Kabul, June 21 (IANS) At least 27 passengers were kidnapped on Tuesday after Taliban militants intercepted three vehicles in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. “Armed militants stopped two trucks and a long-distance bus along Kabul-Herat…
Amman, June 21 (IANS) At least six Jordanian officials were killed and 14 injured on Tuesday in a terror attack at the border with Syria, the country’s armed forces said. Those killed include four border…
Seoul, June 21 (IANS) North Korea has deployed the intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile on its east coast, the media reported on Tuesday. A government source said no immediate sign of firing was yet detected, Xinhua…
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) An American travelling without a valid Pakistani visa was deported on her arrival at Rawalpindi’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport. An official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told Dawn that during…
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) After giving a scare just hours before the second International Day of Yoga, the rain gods seemed to be benevolent on the organisers of the event on Tuesday morning. As yoga…
Chennai, June 21 (IANS) Thousands of people performed yoga across Chennai on Tuesday to mark the second International Yoga Day. Some schools asked students to reach early on for the yoga exercises. At the sprawling…
Jammu/Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) Scores of people performed yoga exercises in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to mark the second International Yoga Day. The main function was held at the Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu,…
Washington, June 21 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Ash Carter and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman on Monday reaffirmed the strength of the US-Israeli defence relationship, the Pentagon said in a statement. At their meeting at…
Jammu, June 20 (IANS) The Indian army Monday handed over the first concrete bomb shelter to villagers living near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. “As part of civic activities…