Seoul, March 3 (IANS) North Korea fired several short-range projectiles towards the East Sea on Thursday, hours after the UN adopted a resolution punishing Pyongyang for its recent nuclear and long-range rocket tests. According to…
Seoul, March 3 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday fired several short-range projectiles into its eastern waters. South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-Kyun said that the projectiles were fired at 10.00 a.m. from North Korea’s…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Security forces on Thursday killed three separatist guerrillas in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “Following a specific information that a group of militants was hiding in Mir Mohalla (Dadsara)…
Tunis, March 3 (IANS) Five terrorists were killed, one civilian was shot by accident, and one military officer was injured during an exchange of gunfire between National Guard and Army units of Tunisia near the…
Tokyo/Berlin/London, March 3 (IANS) Japan, Germany and Britain governments hailed early on Thursday the adoption of a new UN resolution on North Korea over its recent nuclear bomb test and rocket launch. Japan Prime Minister…
Seoul, March 3 (IANS) South Korea on Wednesday hailed the adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution on North Korea, calling it the toughest and most effective in UN history. Seoul’s foreign ministry said…
United Nations, March 3 (IANS) The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday that imposes new sanctions on North Korea in order to curb the country’s nuclear and missile programmes. The resolution was…
United Nations, March 2 (IANS) The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea in order to curb that country’s nuclear and missile programmes. The resolution was unanimously…
Jammu/New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The army on Wednesday recovered the body of a porter who died after slipping into a 200-foot deep crevasse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Siachen Glacier. Three crevasses opened up in…
Pune, March 2 (IANS) Multinational Field Training Exercise Force 18, involving ASEAN-Plus countries, kicked off here on Wednesday, an official statement said. This is the largest ground forces exercise ever conducted on Indian soil, set…
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Bodies of six out of eight Maoists killed in a gun battle with police on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border have been identified on Wednesday, police said here. Bodies of four Maoists have…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday questioned the omission of the mention of the budgetary allocation for the defence ministry in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s general budget speech. “For…
Istanbul, March 2 (IANS) Turkey has been put on high alert following a warning by the intelligence agency of possible terror attacks by the Islamic State militants, Turkish media reported on Wednesday. “Turkish intelligent units…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif made a brief stopover here on Wednesday and attended the Change of Command Ceremony for the Resolute Support Mission and met top Afghan leadership, the…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) A policeman and two civilians were killed when militants targeted the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city on Wednesday, triggering a fierce gun battle that left all five attackers also dead,…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) At least two civilians and a policeman were killed when five militants attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city on Wednesday. Nineteen civilians were also injured and admitted to hospital…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Connectivity can impart new momentum to the Saarc region and help in more cooperation among the bloc’s nations, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday. Looking beyond our borders, there…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) Militants attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city on Wednesday, triggering a fierce gun battle that left two attackers dead, media reports said. Fourteen others – none of them Indian…
Kabul, March 2 (IANS) Militants on Wednesday attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, causing unspecified casualties, media reports said. The attack, involving at least one suspected suicide bomber, took place around noon, causing…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Amid speculation over the possibility of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan after the cross-border terror attack in Pathankot, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday hinted that action against…