Patna, Dec 20 (IANS) Maoists attacked a railway station in Bihar, killing one person and abducting two officials to enforce a shutdown they have called, police said on Wednesday. Armed Maoists attacked the Masudan railway…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) After US President Donald Trump gave a leadership role to India in his new “America First Security Strategy”, New Delhi voiced appreciation for Washington laying importance to the bilateral relationship….
Islamabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday rejected the allegations levelled against it by US President Donald Trump in the newly-released US National Security Strategy 2017. In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Even as China continued to block the listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar in the UN-designated list of international terrorists, India and the US discussed procedures for pursuing designations…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) India and the US on Tuesday discussed procedures for pursuing designations against terrorist groups and individuals through domestic and international mechanisms. The discussion came up at the inaugural India-US Designations…
Paris, Dec 19 (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended his country’s legacy in the Syrian civil war and dismissed as “unacceptable” scathing remarks made by his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, who called France…
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Police said on Tuesday that the two militants killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district were responsible for the murder of two bank guards…
Riyadh, Dec 19 (IANS) The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi rebels said it intercepted a ballistic missile near Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi state media reported. Witnesses in the Saudi capital posted pictures on social media…
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Two militants and a woman were killed and nine civilians injured on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district during a gunfight between militants and security forces. The woman, identified as…
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight between the security forces and the militants in Kashmir’s Shopian district. The gunfight had started in Batmuran village of Shopian district on…
Mogadishu, Dec 19 (IANS) The US military confirmed on Monday its special forces have killed eight Al-Shabaab terroriosts in drone strikes carried out on Friday evening in Somalia. The US Africa Command (Africom) said the…
Srinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) A gunfight started on Monday between the security forces and the militants in Jammua and Kashmir’s Shopian district. State police chief, S.P.Vaid, in a statement said: “Exchange of fire going on…
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 31 others injured after a suicide car bombing struck a police checkpoint in Lashkar Gah, capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand on Monday,…
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) Afghan security forces on Monday killed three insurgents who launched an attack on a training centre of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency in Kabul following an operation that lasted about five hours,…
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) At least one militant was killed on Monday in an attack on a training centre of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency in Kabul, where terrorists and security forces are engaged in a…
Srinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) The National Conference (NC) on Monday staged a protest march here in Jammu and Kashmir against the killing of a civilian in Kupwara district and electricity shortage in the valley. Led…
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) Armed insurgents attacked an intelligence training facility in the Afghan capital on Monday, sparking a shootout with security forces, officials said. The attackers occupied an under construction building behind the training…
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) Afghan forces regained control of the key Tabar valley in Sari Pul province, forcing Taliban militants to flee, a police official said on Monday. “The government forces after three days of…
Cairo, Dec 18 (IANS) Egypt condemned on Sunday the suicide bombing attack against a Christian church in Pakistan that killed at least eight people and injured 44 others. “The Egyptian government and people stand in…
Islamabad, Dec 17 (IANS) At least nine people have been killed, including two of the attackers, and another 30 injured after four armed insurgents attacked a Methodist church on Sunday in Quetta in Pakistan. The…