Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has opposed the registration of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s Milli Muslim League (MML) as a political party with the Election Commission by terming it as an “offshoot…
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) Security agencies were put on high alert in border areas of Punjab on Saturday after intelligence inputs on infilteration of terrorists into Indian territory from neighbouring Pakistan, informed sources said. Security…
Melbourne, Dec 23 (IANS) A man accused of driving his car into pedestrians in the Australian city of Melbourne was charged on Saturday with 18 counts of attempted murder. Former Afghan refugee Saeed Noori, 32,…
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a former US marine who was planning to attack a tourist pier in San Francisco on Christmas Day in the name of the…
Aden, Dec 23 (IANS) A total of 12 fighters of the Shiite Houthi group were killed in airstrikes conducted by Saudi-led warplanes near the country’s southeastern region of Shabwa on Friday, a military official told…
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in a Senate Standing Committee session on Friday expressed deep concern over US Vice President Mike Pences comments on Pakistan. Making an unannounced trip to Afghanistan,…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A court here on Friday extended till January 19 the judicial custody of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid, arrested in a six-year-old terror funding case. Shahid, 42,…
Kabul, Dec 22 (IANS) Making a surprise visit to Afghanistan, US Vice President Mike Pence has alleged that Pakistan had provided a safe haven to the Taliban and other groups for too long. Pence landed…
Kandahar, Dec 22 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and many others wounded after a Taliban suicide car bombing struck a district police station in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Friday, the police said. The…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 22 (IANS) India has criticised the Security Council’s impotency in confronting the terrorism threat in Afghanistan, which poses dangers beyond its borders. “While new threats emerge from the IS/Daesh…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he has met with Afghan leaders and reviewed American troops deployed there. Pence left Washington on Wednesday afternoon on…
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday said alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was not under any threat of immediate execution and his meeting with his wife and mother had been arranged “purely on humanitarian…
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) “Billu Ustaad”, billed as India’s first feature film which discusses how innocent children are lured and misused for terror activities, will release in India on February 16 next year, said its…
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and four injured on Thursday in an incident of firing and a landmine explosion in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Six people were killed and four injured…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Dec 21 (IANS) China on Thursday rejected India’s criticism that Beijing is shielding Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar out of “narrow political and strategic concerns” and said Beijing’s decision at the UN…
Rome, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) Italian authorities have deported a 37-year-old Moroccan national who is accused of being an Islamist extremist, the Interior Ministry said. The suspect was expelled from Italy aboard a flight from Milan’s…
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) Accusing Pakistan of hatching a controversy with Rohingya “terror groups”, Bangladesh minister and ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said India and Bangladesh should join hands in fighting…
Ranchi, Dec 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas on Wednesday damaged a mobile tower and set it on fire in Jharkhand’s Giridih district even as security forces seized five IEDs in West Singhbhum district, police said. Maoists…
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) Inderjit Singh Sandhu, one of the masterminds of the sensational Nabha jailbreak in Punjab, has been arrested from the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, Punjab Police said on Wednesday. Sandhu,…
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) The US State Department has expressed concern over Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed running for office in Pakistan’s general elections next year. US…