Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Iran tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month, US media reported on Monday, citing a senior US official. Western intelligence said the test was held on November 21 near Chabahar,…
Baghdad, Dec 8 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said, ” (Abadi) stressed on the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Dec 6 (IANS) Chairperson of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi met with former military government leader Senior-General Than Shwe in Nay Pyi Taw Friday, sources with the…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Conflicting reports have emerged over Afghanistan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death as the government attempts to establish that the leader is dead, but the hardliner group has denied the reports…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, the spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: “Taliban leader…
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS) Turkey will regret many times for shooting down a Russian Su-24 fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkish border, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in his annual State of the Union…
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The Pentagon said on Wednesday a new US specialised operations force being deployed to Iraq would number about 100, and the majority would not be engaged in raids, Xinhua reported. “Probably…
Moscow, Dec 2 (IANS) Russia approved a resolution listing detailed sanctions against Turkey in response to the downing of a warplane near the Syrian-Turkish border. The resolution signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, bans from…
Paris : Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the France President Francois Hollande on his arrival for the UNFCCC Climate Conference, in Paris, France on Nov 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Paris, Nov 30 (IANS)…
Colombo, Nov 26 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Police on Thursday warned that it will take legal action against anyone who publicly shows support to the now vanquished Tamil Tigers. The warning came as some groups…
Ankara, Nov 24 (IANS) Turkish warplanes on Tuesday shot down a Russian SU-24 fighter jet near the Syrian border after it violated Turkish airspace. One of its two pilots was killed and the other was…
Seoul, Nov 24 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent his key aide to a local farm earlier this month as punishment for mishandling a hydraulic power station construction project, South Korea’s intelligence agency said…
Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) A Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of the International Department of Communist Party of China Chen Fengxiang on Monday visited visited Andhra Pradesh’s upcoming capital Amaravati near Vijayawda. They visited…
Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were hanged on Sunday for the crimes against humanity they committed in 1971 to thwart…
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra on Saturday sought enhanced cooperation from Asean to fight the scourge of terrorism while saying that India and the southeast Asian regional grouping remained the two bright…
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 20 (IANS) Myanmar’s main opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has secured more than three-fourths of parliamentary seats in the November 8…
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include…
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ring leader of the November 12 Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat in the suburb…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. (File Photo: Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei/IANS) Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terrorist groups. Valls made the announcement…
Damascus, Nov 18 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has ruled out collaborating with France and said his country is ready to share intelligence with it only if Paris changed its policy toward Syria. “We are…