Baghdad, June 6 (IANS) Iraqi security forces have found a mass grave containing over 400 bodies near the Islamic State (IS)-controlled city of Fallujah, a security official said. The official told EFE news on Monday…
Srinagar, June 6 (IANS) Four paramilitary troopers and three policemen were injured on Monday in an explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The explosion occurred in Pulwama town inside a vehicle…
Kabul, June 6 (IANS) An American photojournalist and his Afghan translator were killed in an attack in Helmand province of Afghanistan. They were travelling with an Afghan army unit that came under fire in on…
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan is not desperate to resume peace talks with India, a top official has said. There was no restlessness on the Pakistani side for a dialogue, Sartaj Aziz, the Adviser on…
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan is not desperate to resume peace talks with India, a top official has said. There was no restlessness on the Pakistani side for a dialogue, Sartaj Aziz, the Adviser on…
Washington, June 6 (IANS) Award-winning US photojournalist David Gilkey, working for American broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR), was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday while on assignment. Gilkey, 50, was travelling with an Afghan Army unit…
Kabul, June 6 (IANS) An Afghan lawmaker was killed and 11 others were wounded in a bomb attack in Kabul, an Interior Ministry spokesman has said. “A member of the Lower House of Afghanistan’s parliament,…
Kabul, June 5 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured as Afghan Taliban militants attacked a court in Logar province on Sunday, an official said. The killed people included a prosecutor and…
Aden, June 5 (IANS) At least seven soldiers were killed as clashes flared up between government forces and Shia Houthi group in Yemen’s city of Taiz on Sunday, an official said. Up to 18 soldiers…
Tehran, June 5 (IANS) Iran has described the US’s annual report on terrorism, which accuses Tehran of being one of the biggest sponsors of global terrorism, as “ridiculous” and “false”. Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in…
Manama, June 5 (IANS) Bahrain’s Interior Ministry on Saturday announced it foiled an attempt to smuggle eight fugitives convicted in terror cases via a boat heading to Iran. The ministry said the trafficking attempt was…
Cape Town, June 5 (IANS) The US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa on Saturday issued a terror warning to US citizens in South Africa. The US government has received information that terrorist groups are planning…
Cape Town, June 5 (IANS) The US Diplomatic Mission to South Africa on Saturday issued a terror warning to US citizens in South Africa. The US government has received information that terrorist groups are planning…
Baghdad, June 4 (IANS) Iraqi forces on Saturday pushed into the city of Fallujah and seized part of a district after fierce clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, a security source said. The troops have…
Baghdad, June 4 (IANS) Iraqi forces on Saturday pushed into the city of Fallujah and seized part of a district after fierce clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, a security source said. The troops have…
Damascus, June 4 (IANS) Over 40 people were killed in continuous rebel shelling of a Kurdish-dominated district in the city of Aleppo on Saturday, a Russian monitoring base said. The shelling, mainly by the Al-Qaeda-linked…
Baghdad, June 4 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Saturday liberated Saqlawiyah town from Islamic State (IS) militants near the IS-held city of Fallujah in the western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said. Around…
Moscow, June 4 (IANS) The Russian military command in Syria on Saturday condemned new offensives by the jihadi group Nusra Front against Syrian regime forces in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib and Latakia. The jihadis…
Damascus, June 4 (IANS) The Syrian army on Saturday entered the administrative borders of the northern province of al-Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State (IS) group. The Syrian army backed by Russian…
Srinagar, June 4 (IANS) A top Border Security Force (BSF) officer said on Saturday that there are intelligence reports about militants planning to attack the forthcoming Amarnarh Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir. At the wreath…