Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and 11 others injured as a suicide bombing rocked Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman told Xinhua. “The blast took…
Tehran, Feb 22 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said that any ceasefire in Syria should not give an advantage to terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the Arab country. A ceasefire (in…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) The 48-hour long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town in which six people, including five security personnel, were killed so far ended on Monday evening with security forces saying they…
Riyadh, Feb 22 (IANS) A group of 32 Shias has been put on trial in Saudi Arabia over charges of spying for Iran, media reported on Monday. The defendants who appeared before the Saudi Special…
Baghdad, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 40 militants were killed on Monday when security forces repelled an attack by the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Iraq’s Anbar province. The incident occurred when the IS…
Manila, Feb 22 (IANS) A six-year-old boy was killed and 38 persons were injured in a grenade explosion in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat, authorities said on Monday. Alton John Antonio was killed when…
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least 33 Taliban militants were killed in week-long infighting between the supporters and opponents of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor in Afghanistan. The clashes occurred in Nawa district of…
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least six civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s Takhar province as an explosive device went off in a house, police said on Monday. All the victims in Sunday’s blast belong to…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) Security forces and separatists fired at each other on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town where a group of armed militants has been holed up for three days, police said….
Cairo, Feb 22 (IANS) The Syrian government has condemned the terrorist attacks that hit the Shia district of Sayyidah Zaynab, on the outskirts of Damascus and the Al Zahraa district in Homs, north of Damascus,…
Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) Intermittent exchange of fire began Monday morning between holed up militants and the security forces in Pampore town of Kashmir where a group of heavily armed guerrillas is holed up for…
Cairo, Feb 21 (IANS/EFE) A Syrian man helped his 15-year-old son, who has been fighting among jihadists for a year, carry out a suicide attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and recorded a video…
Ankara, Feb 21 (IANS) The outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) on Sunday kidnapped three journalists from Turkey’s Anatolia news agency, media reports said. A group of PKK militants kidnapped the three reporters in Nusaybin town…
Damascus, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and many others injured in three bombings that rocked a predominantly Shia district south of Syria’s capital Damascus on Sunday, state TV reported. The blasts…
New York, Feb 21 (IANS) The reach of the Islamic State (IS) on micro blogging site Twitter has stopped growing and slowly rolling back, said a new report from George Washington University in the US….
Damascus, Feb 21 (IANS) At least 46 people were killed and tens of others injured on Sunday in twin bombings in Syria’s central city of Homs, a monitor group reported. The bombings rocked the district…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 21 (IANS) Over 130 Malaysians who are now in Syria and Iraq fighting for the Islamic State (IS) will be barred from returning home, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has…
Pampore: A view of CRPF convoy which was damaged after an unidentified gunmen opened fire in Pampore of Jammu and Kashmir on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Abdul Rouf Khan…
Pampore: A view of CRPF convoy which was damaged after unidentified gunmen opened fire in Pampore of Jammu and Kashmir on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) Three CRPF troopers and a…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 19 (IANS) A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan police on Friday registered a First-Information…