Kabul, March 27 (IANS) A total of 53 militants gave up fighting and surrendered their weapons in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Sunday. “Today (Sunday) we are welcoming 53 former armed oppositions, including 43 Taliban and…
Tehran, March 27 (IANS) Iran will respond to sanctions imposed on the country by the US for its ballistic missile programme by “further boosting” its missile power, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. “We…
Damascus, March 27 (IANS) The Syrian army fully recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria on Sunday. The army recaptured the city after days of intense battles against the Islamic State (IS) group,…
Rome, March 27 (IANS) Italian police arrested an Algerian man suspected of being involved in the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels, the media reported. Djamal Eddine Ouali was arrested in Bellizzi, a town in…
Pyongyang, March 27 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday threatened to fire long-range artillery at Seoul unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes and punishes those who planned striking Pyongyang leadership. Pyongyang issued the warning in…
Cairo, March 27 (IANS) The Egyptian army killed 19 militants south of Sheikh Zuweid city in the restive North Sinai province on Saturday, the state-run Al-Ahram news website reported. The security forces also arrested six…
Tehran, March 26 (IANS) Iran’s foreign ministry has denied any involvement in alleged cyber attacks on US financial institutions, the media reported on Saturday. Iran does not support dangerous cyber acts and has always urged…
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, March 26 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday denied receiving any specific inputs about the state being on the Islamic State (IS) terror group’s…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 (IANS) A nurse hailing from Kerala and her infant son were killed in a shell attack at their residence in Libya on Friday,…
Jammu, March 26 (IANS) The body of a soldier swept away by an avalanche in Siachen Glacier area of Jammu and Kashmir was recovered on Saturday, a defence official said. “Mortal remains of Rifleman Sunil…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 (IANS) The Vatican and the FBI are among those working hard to rescue Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil from Kerala who is currently in the custody of the Islamic State terrorist group in…
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Saturday said he recced the Indian Army Headquarter in New Delhi in March 2009 after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The stunning reply came in…
Security beefed-up in Brussels after three explosions rocked the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/IANS) Brussels, March 26 (IANS) Brussels international airport will not reopen before March 29, authorities said on Saturday, following…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday confirmed the death of an Indian nurse and her infant son in a rocket attack in Libya on Friday. I have received report…
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) At least three people were injured in a grenade attack in Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. “Militants hurled a grenade at a road opening party (ROP) of the army, and opened…
Kabul, March 26 (IANS) At least 10 militants were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, an army spokesman said on Saturday. “Based on a confirmed tip-off, the air raid was conducted on a…
Beijing, March 26 (IANS) China has launched its first cyber security public organisation aimed at better safeguarding national cyber security and guiding internet companies in perform their duties, the media reported on Saturday. The CyberSecurity…
Seoul, March 26 (IANS) South Korean activists sent thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea on Saturday. Around seven North Korean defectors and members of the civic group “Fighters for a Free North Korea” gathered…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Dalbir Kaur, sister of alleged spy Sarabjit Singh who died while in custody in Pakistan, on Saturday urged the government to take concrete and urgent steps to ensure the release…
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley on Saturday alleged that the India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) did not record his statements on various aspects of the 26/11 investigations in his “exact” words….