London, May 25 (IANS) Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi carried out the concert attack because he wanted to take revenge for US airstrikes on Syria, said the 22-year-old’s sister. Jomana Abedi, in an interview, called…
Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) One person was killed in an explosion in the tea and oil rich Dibrugarh district of Assam on Thursday ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate a…
Moscow, May 25 (IANS) Russian security forces have arrested four men allegedly linked to the Islamic State (IS) terror organisation and suspected of planning a series of terror attacks on Moscow’s transport system, authorities said…
Manchester, May 25 (IANS) A “suspicious” package has been declared safe after army bomb disposal experts were called to a street in Hulme, near Manchester city centre. Greater Manchester Police tweeted around 10.45 a.m. that…
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) At least four militants belonging to the banned Neo-JMB outfit were arrested by Bangladesh’s anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday. Huge quantities of firearms and explosives were recovered…
Bengaluru, May 25 (IANS) Three suspected Pakistan nationals, including two women, were arrested in the city with fake Indian identity cards and fake passports, police said on Thursday. “The suspects from Karachi in Pakistan have…
Manchester, May 25 (IANS) An army bomb disposal unit was sent to a college in Trafford here on Thursday, Greater Manchester Police said. It is too early to say whether the alert is linked with…
Baghdad, May 25 (IANS) Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi units on Thursday initiated a new advance to recapture areas near the Iraqi-Syrian border west of Mosul in an operation to dislodge the Islamic State militant group…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) A number of BJP workers and policemen were injured and a police vehicle was torched as parts of central Kolkata resembled a war zone with security forces using water canons and…
Manchester, May 25 (IANS) British police chiefs have stopped sharing information on the Manchester concert bombing with the US after the American media leaked crime scene pictures that showed the bomb used in the attack…
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday condemned the Indian Army chief’s Commendation Card to an officer involved in tying up a Kashmiri man to a jeep as human shield. “Awarding Major Leetul Gogoi, who…
Jakarta, May 25 (IANS) Indonesian police on Thursday said the Islamic State militant group is linked to the suicide bombings near a bus stop in Jakarta that killed two bombers and three policemen. The pressure…
Brasilia, May 25 (IANS) Brazilian President Michel Temer has ordered the armed forces to patrol Brasilia for a week, following protests that called for the end of his government and immediate elections for a new…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) New Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra took charge on Thursday, succeeding G. Mohan Kumar. Mitra, a 1982 batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, was announced as the new Defence…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Even before the state BJP’s march to the city police headquarters formally started, a group of its party workers on Thursday surprised the police by suddenly arriving near Lalbazar in a…
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Following the violence that claimed two lives with injuries to over two dozen persons in Saharanpur, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred the Divisional Commissioner and Deputy Inspector General of Police…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) A US Navy destroyer has sailed close to a disputed South China Sea island controlled by China for the first time after President Donald Trump took office, an official said. The…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) The House Intelligence Committee will subpoena former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump Michael Flynn, in its investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Congressman Adam Schiff,…
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) People from two communities came to blows and pelted stones at each other in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district, triggering panic, police said on Thursday. The melee started with a minor accident…
Paris, May 25 (IANS) French anti-terrorism units arrested two women in northern France on alledged suspicions of planning terrorist plot, local media reported. The two women in their 20s, who were “ready to take action”,…