Gaziantep (Turkey), April 29 (IANS) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has condemned the bombing of an MSF-supported Al Quds hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo that killed at least 14 people, including at least…
By Saeed Naqvi It was like a macabre end to a Chabrol movie. I had returned with images of such aesthetic delight from the Pahela Baishakh festivities in Dhaka that the news of Professor Rezaul…
Damascus, April 29 (IANS) The Syrian army on Friday announced that a “regime of silence” will be observed in hotspots near Damascus and the province of Latakia after midnight. “In order to uphold the agreed-upon…
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) The Afghanistan government has raised questions over a trip by a Taliban delegation from Qatar to Pakistan, the media reported on Friday. The delegation reportedly arrived in Pakistan this week to…
Kabul, April 29 (IANS) Kabul has reacted sharply to the Taliban leaders’ visit to Pakistan shortly after the group announced it will hold talks on refugees and border issues with the Pakistani authorities. Taliban will…
Srinagar, April 29 (IANS) Security forces in north Kashmir on Friday gunned down a militant after a brief exchange of fire with militants, police said. The militant, who was yet to be identified, was killed…
(160414) — SHANGHAI, April 14, 2016 (Xinhua) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers a speech at the Shanghai Expo Center in Shanghai, east China, April 14, 2016. Turnbull was on an official visit to…
Al-Asharah (Syria), April 28 (IANS/AKI) IS militants executed an allegedly homosexual man in eastern Syria by pushing him off a hospital roof, a monitoring group reported on Thursday. The unnamed man was hurled to his…
Milan (Italy), 28 April (IANS/AKI) Police arrested four people in northern Italy on Thursday on charges of seeking to join the IS including one who received orders to stage attacks in Italy, authorities said. Investigators…
Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) A gunfight started on Thursday evening between the security forces and guerrillas in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. “A gunfight has started between security forces and…
Guwahati, April 28 (IANS) At least nine people were injured when suspected militants triggered a blast in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia town on Thursday evening, police said. Superintendent of Police M.J. Mahanta said preliminary investigation indicated…
Shillong, April 28 (IANS) The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), an insurgent group in the western part of Meghalaya, has been recruiting children forcibly, according to a militant who surrendered on Thursday. “Many children have…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Days after the NSCN (Reformation) extended its ceasefire with the Indian government, one of its senior leaders has stressed the urgent need for unity among all NSCN factions for solving…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India on Thursday said the recent 90-minute talks with Pakistan was just a courtesy meeting between foreign secretaries of the two countries, during which New Delhi insisted that a team…
Damascus, April 28 (IANS) The Syrian army on Thursday denied reports about an air strike on a rebel-held hospital in the country’s northern city of Aleppo that left 17 people killed. Citing a military source,…
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, April 28 (IANS) As long as Kashmiris play with bats and not guns, the ruling Peoples…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Morocco, which has free trade pacts with countries in North America and Europe, can be a window for Indian businesses in these regions, according to a Moroccan business delegation on…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan were merely a courtesy meeting — and not an “official dialogue” — where they discussed certain matters, Minister of State…
London, April 28 (IANS) A combination of airstrikes on Islamic State (IS)-controlled oil fields, recapture of held territory and destruction of cash storage sites containing up to $800 million, may have financially weakened the terror…
Beirut, April 28 (IANS) A top Islamic State (IS) operative was killed in a military raid in a town bordering Syria, authorities said on Thursday. The IS operative, Nayef Shaalan, was killed in an operation…