Kabul/Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) Afghanistan and India on Saturday continued their efforts to secure the release of an abducted Indian woman aid worker but her whereabouts remain unknown. Judith D’Souza, 40, working with Aga Khan…
Kabul, June 11 (IANS) At least eight Taliban militants were killed on Saturday in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. A local government spokesperson said a drone strike targeted a vehicle carrying the Taliban militants, leaving…
Damascus, June 11 (IANS) At least eight people were killed in a twin bomb attack on a suburb of Damascus which is home to Syria’s holiest Shia shrine, state media reported. Some 13 other people…
Kabul, June 11 (IANS) Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaeda terrorist network, has pledged allegiance to the newly appointed supreme leader of the Taliban group Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada. Al-Zawahiri, who became Al Qaeda leader after…
Kolkata/Kabul, June 11 (IANS) The Afghan and Indian governments are working at “various levels” to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted in Kabul, her brother said on Saturday. Judith D’Souza, 40,…
Tripoli, June 11 (IANS) Libyan forces have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from Islamic State. Earlier this week warplanes bombed IS positions in Sirte, the…
Kabul, June 11 (IANS) At least four policemen and 13 Islamic State militants were killed on Saturday in a clash in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said. “IS fighters attacked police headquarters in Deh Bala…
Kabul, June 11 (IANS) Efforts are on to secure the release of an Indian woman development worker abducted by unknown gunmen in the Afghan capital, media reports said on Saturday. Judith D’Souza, 40, who works…
Nairobi, June 11 (IANS) Kenyan police on Friday warned citizens to be extra vigilant as Somalia-based Islamist group Al-Shabaab threatened to stage attacks in the country during the month of Ramadan. Inspector General of Police,…
Brussels, June 11 (IANS) A new suspect linked to bombings in Brussels on March 22 was arrested following a search in Brussels, said the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office in a statement on Friday. A search,…
London, June 10 (IANS) Islamic State executioner Mohammed Emwazi, widely known as “Jihadi John”, was presumed dead — killed in a US drone strike. The jihadist’s former university and the Information Commissioner, however, have cast…
Mosul (Iraq), June 10 (IANS/AKI) Militants from the Islamic State group stoned a woman to death for alleged adultery in the northern city of Iraq, aided by onlookers, local news site Aranews reported on Friday….
Kabul/Kolkata/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) An Indian woman, working with an international aid agency in Afghanistan, has been abducted from the volatile Kabul, her family and officials said on Friday. Armed suspected Islamists seized Judith…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Efforts by some people violently forcing Indian aid workers to leave Afghanistan won’t succeed because people in the war-torn country have always wanted amicable ties with India, said a member of…
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday urged the visiting American military officials and diplomats to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan leaders who now operate from the Afghan side of the border,…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The family of an Indian development worker abducted in Afghanistan on Friday urged New Delhi and Kabul to act fast so as to rescue Judith D’Souza. Armed suspected Islamists seized D’Souza,…
Kabul, June 10 (IANS) At least three persons were killed and 55 injured after a bomb went off during Friday prayers in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, officials said. “An improvised explosive device planted inside a mosque…
Baghdad, June 10 (IANS) Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is said to have been injured in US-led coalition air raids near the Syrian-Iraqi borders, local media reports said. Al Baghdadi along with other IS…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A court here on Friday acquitted Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy of terror charges, but convicted him for cheating and forgery.
Dhaka, June 10 (IANS) A volunteer at a Hindu ashram in Bangladesh was murdered on Friday, apparently by suspected Islamists, the media reported. Nityaranjan Pandey, 60, was attacked on the neck and head from behind…