Baghdad, March 2 (IANS) A total of 670 Iraqis were killed and 1,290 others wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in February across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) At least two local employees of the US consulate were killed when their vehicle was hit by a bomb in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Mohmand Agency on Tuesday, officials with…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged flip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan shootout case and demanded a thorough probe…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said his country had told Pakistan many times that using militancy and extremism in the country’s policies would boomerang. Speaking at the inauguration…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Terror outfit Al Qaeda on Tuesday allegedly hacked a microsite of the Railnet page of the Indian Railway to show its sinister reach for the first time. It later left…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged flip-flop by the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre in the Ishrat Jahan fake gunfight case and demanded a thorough…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Militant groups like Haqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammad are steeling the sovereignty and the future of Pakistan, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Washington while reminding Islamabad of its commitment that…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they could not function smoothly without state support, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday….
Mogadishu, March 1 (IANS) At least four soldiers were killed and several injured in a landmine explosion at Hawo Abdi, about 25 km south of Mogadishu, on Tuesday, authorities said. The officers were killed when…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) In a major gun battle, police shot dead eight Maoists, including five women, on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. A gun battle erupted around 7.30 a.m. near Guttepadu in…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) At least 70 militants were killed as Afghan forces, after three days of fierce fighting, captured Taliban bastion in the northern Faryab province on Tuesday, a senior official said. “Finally the…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) At least 39 security members were killed in a suicide attack on army headquarters in Iraq’s Anbar province, the media reported on Tuesday. Two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests triggered blasts…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) At least 39 people were killed as two suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army headquarters in the province of Anbar. Among the killed people was a senior general and a provincial…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) The only way left for Taliban militant group is to join the peace process in Afghanistan, Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said. “Taliban don’t have any ways other…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) Three civilians were killed and two injured when militants fired a rocket towards Pul-e-Khumri city of Afghanistan on Tuesday morning. “The rocket fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Pul-e-Khumri,…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Police shot dead six Maoists on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. A gun battle erupted in the Chintavadu forests in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh near Khammam district in Telangana….
New Delhi: Union MoS Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at the Parliament on Day-1 of the budget session in New Delhi, on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they cannot function smoothly without support from the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday in the…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Only select officials knew about the plan to execute Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed killer of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Qadri, trained as an elite commando and who was a bodyguard…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking suo motu contempt action against former home minister P. Chidambaram for perjury and misleading the apex court and the…