Dhaka, May 15 (IANS) The Bangladeshi police on Sunday arrested a key suspect in connection with the murders of an editor and his friend for which a “Bangladesh branch” of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility. “The…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday attacked the central government, saying giving a clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya in the 2008 Malegaon blast case was an insult to police officer…
Baghdad, May 15 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Sunday foiled multiple suicide bomb attacks targeting a gas plant in the suburb of Baghdad, an interior ministry source said. The attacks occurred when two suicide bombers…
Dhaka, May 15 (IANS) A suspected militant was arrested for his involvement in the murder of two Bangladeshi gay activists in April, police said on Sunday. The suspect, Shariful Islam, was arrested from Kushtia district…
Damascus, May 15 (IANS) The Syrian army recaptured an Islamic State (IS)-held hospital in Deir al-Zour province. The army on Saturday also freed doctors and nurses, who were taken hostage by the IS inside the…
Damascus, May 15 (IANS) A car bomb went off in the predominantly Kurdish city of Al Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Saturday, killing at least five people, pro-government Sama TV reported. The car bomb hit…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) gave a clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya and five other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
London, May 14 (IANS) A Bangladeshi has been jailed for life for planning a terror attack on a US airbase in Britain. A court in London on Friday sentenced Junead Khan, 25, for contacting the…
Ankara, May 14 (IANS) Thousands of IS associates have been routinely crossing into Syria aided by contacts in Turkey, phone calls tapped by Ankara security forces and handed to the media by opposition lawmaker Erem…
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Europol director Rob Wainwright admitted on Saturday that there are “great concerns” about the Euro football championship to be held in France in June as it will be “an attractive target…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Hitting back at the Congress for targeting the NIA and the NDA government over a clean chit to Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others, the BJP…
By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Assam is at peace now but more needs to be done to bring investments, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said, alleging that the BJP-led central government had…
Baghdad, May 14 (IANS) Nineteen Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes in Iraq, security sources said on Saturday. In Anbar province, security forces and allied paramilitary Sunni tribal units foiled an IS attack…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Spanish fooball giants Real Madrid have regretted “the terrible attack” that targeted Real Madrid supporters’ club in Iraq on Friday, claiming the lives of 16 people and wounding more than 20….
Kabul, May 14 (IANS) At least three people were killed and eight others were injured on Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack next to a police training centre in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. “A terrorist…
Shillong, May 14 (IANS) Four rebels of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and the United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I), were arrested late Friday night with weapons and explosives, police said on…
Washington, May 14 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terror group has declared a state of emergency in their self-declared capital Raqqa in Syria, a US official announced. “We have seen this declaration of emergency in…
Mogadishu, May 14 (IANS) Somali forces on Friday killed seven Al Shabaab fighters during an operation near Wajid town that is located in southwestern region of the horn of African state. Local officials told Xinhua…
Shillong, May 13 (IANS) Twenty-four more rebels of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) on Friday surrendered in the wake of a crackdown against the outfit in the western part of Meghalaya. The “Operation…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) In a complete about turn, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit to Malegaon blast key accused Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others, paving the way…