Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan was making serious efforts for peace in Afghanistan but the country was not solely responsible for bringing the Afghan Taliban on negotiation table for dialogue, foreign office said on Tuesday….
Kabul, April 26 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has asked Pakistan to take military action against the Taliban militant group. Ghani on Monday threatened diplomatic reprisals against Pakistan if it does not take an action…
Justin Trudeau. (Xinhua/Mico Smiljanic) Ottawa, April 26 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday condemned the heinous killing of Canadian John Ridsdel after he was held hostage for more than six months in…
Ankara, April 25 (IANS) Eight Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in Syria on Monday when Turkish artillery units shelled a missile launcher, said a Turkish military statement. The Turkish artillery units destroyed a missile…
Brussels, April 25 (IANS) The Maalbeek metro station in Brussels reopened on Monday and all metro stations are running normally, an official said. According to the spokesman of the League of Intercommunaux Transport of Brussels…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Under fire from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Ishrat Jahan case, former union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the ruling party was “only trying to divert…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The government on Monday stepped up its attack on the Congress in the high-profile Ishrat Jahan case and accused former union home minister P. Chidambaram of “trying to divert attention…
Cairo, April 25 (IANS) Egyptian forces killed 30 militants on Monday in air raids in the country’s restive North Sinai province, an official said. The raids coincide with the military celebration of the 34th anniversary…
Kabul, April 25 (IANS) Afghan security forces arrested eight Taliban fighters in Jauzjan province on Monday, provincial police chief Rahmatullah Turkistani said. The security forces targetted Taliban hideouts in Manjagak district in the early hours…
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistani troops have overcome Taliban militants and their foreign allies who had set up hideouts on the treacherous terrain in the North Waziristan tribal region. Hundreds of ground troops started their…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) A special court here on Monday discharged all nine Muslim youths charge-sheeted in the 2006 Malegaon serial blasts case, a defence lawyer said. They included one who died recently. “The Special…
Kabul, April 25 (IANS) Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday toughened his government’s stance in the war on militants and vowed to root out Taliban and like-minded groups fighting in the war-plagued country. “Since…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) A special court on Monday discharged all eight Muslim men, including one deceased, who were charge sheeted in the 2006 Malegaon serial blasts case, a defence lawyer said. “The Special MCOCA…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Islamic State’s chief recruiter in India has been killed in a US airstrike in Syria last week, ending a large hunt of security agencies for a man considered extremely…
Damascus, April 25 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 35 others injured on Monday when a car bomb ripped through a military checkpoint near the Syrian capital of Damascus, a military source said….
Sydney, April 25 (IANS) An Australian teenager was arrested and charged with plotting a terror attack on the nation’s national day of remembrance. Australian counter-terrorism authorities arrested the 16-year-old teenager from his western Sydney residence…
Baghdad, April 25 (IANS) A total of 35 people were killed on Sunday in US-led coalition air strikes and clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants in the western province of Anbar, a…
Aden, April 25 (IANS) At least eight soldiers loyal to Yemen’s government were killed and 15 others injured when a car bombing struck a military convoy in the southern province of Abyan on Sunday, a…
Basirhat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday said the Gujarat Police killed Ishrat Jahan in a staged shootout in 2004 on the orders of the then…
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) At least four people were killed and two injured in a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Sunday, police said. “A terrorist blew himself up in Garmsir district, killing himself…