United Nations, March 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq’s Baghdad and eastern town of Muqdadiya which are claimed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Earlier…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) The Pentagon announced on Monday it was waging cyber attacks against the extremist group the Islamic State(IS) apart from airstrikes and occasional ground missions. “We are also using cyber tools to…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) The death toll from Monday’s suicide bombing attack at a funeral in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala rose to 34, a provincial security source said. The deceased include seven Shiite militia…
Mogadishu, March 1 (IANS) Somalia’s security forces on Monday arrested six Al-Shabaab suspects in connection with the twin blast in the Baidoa town in south-Somalia’s central Bay region. Abdullahi Ali Watin, District Commissioner of Baidoa…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) At least 12 militants were killed and six others injured on Monday when Pakistani army launched an aerial and ground offensives in the country’s northwest tribal region of North Waziristan. The…
Ankara, March 1 (IANS) The Turkish artillery forces has hit the Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria on Monday. Sixty artillery rounds were reportedly fired by the military on the IS targets in the north…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and 41 others were injured on Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source told Xinhua. The…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A new book has claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received money from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The book “Khalid Khawaja:…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked a Maharashtra court to hold daily hearings into the trial of Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba from March 4 so as to…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) The toll from twin bombings at a busy marketplace in Baghdad, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, has risen to 53, an Iraqi interior ministry source said on Monday. “The…
Mogadishu, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 42 injured in twin blasts in popular restaurants in Baidoa town of south-central Bay region of Somalia, officials said on Monday. Mayor of Bay…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday condemned the registration of a sedition case against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and others in Hyderabad. “The FIR has been lodged by the police ostensibly…
Mogadishu, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 21 people were killed and several others injured in twin expositions in Baidoa town in Bay region of southern Somalia on Sunday, police and witnesses said. Mohamed Olow, a…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 59 others injured in back-to-back explosions in the east of Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry said. “The latest reports said that 23 people…
Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 13 others injured in a car bomb explosion in the capital of Baghdad on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. The incident occurred when a…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 130 Taliban rebels on Sunday gave up fighting, amid the group’s desperate attempt to overrun Maimana city, the capital of Faryab province, a senior official said. “We sincerely welcome…
Ranchi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas surrendered along with firearms in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Sunday, police said. Communist Party of India (Maoist) guerrillas Mutur Yadav alias Munu Yadav, a sub-zonal commander, and area…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) A day after Taliban attacked a bus of the Afghan Defence Ministry in Kabul, the toll has risen to 15 while 31 others were injured, the ministry said on Sunday. Those…
Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 22 Taliban militants were killed over the past 24 hours in a fighting with the security personnel in Baghlan province of Afghanistan. The battle occurred in Dand-e-Ghori district of…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court remanded in custody three men suspected of involvement in the Pathankot airbase attack in India’s Punjab state, media reports said. Judge Bushra Zaman on Saturday granted six-day…