Baghdad, Nov 17 (IANS/AKI) The so-called Islamic State has lost control of 95 percent of the land it overran in Syria and Iraq in 2014, the US Presidential envoy to the global coalition fighting the…
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Pakistan needs to shed its “security-centric approach” in restive Balochistan if the government sincerely desires peace in the country’s biggest province, Dawn newspaper said on Friday. On the very day a…
Srinagar, Nov 17 (IANS) Majid Khan, a young footballer from south Kashmir who joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba over a week back, has contacted his family expressing a wish to return home, police said on Friday. The…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Maoist extremists have had a deadly run in 2016 with their involvement in half of the killings in the Red Corridor, a report by a Sydney-based think…
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Top Pakistani and US military commanders have blamed each other for not doing enough to stop cross-border terrorism, the media reported on Friday. The two-day visit of US Central Command (Centcom)…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) The US has issued a travel alert for Europe, warning its citizens of the “heightened risk of terrorist attacks” throughout the region. Citing recent widely-reported incidents in multiple European countries including…
Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) Seven securitymen were injured on Thursday in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, police said. The blast occurred when the securitymen were conducting an anti-Maoist operation…
Kottayam (Kerala), Nov 16 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi should pardon those sentenced to death or life imprisonment in the assassination of her husband Rajiv Gandhi, says former Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas who delivered…
Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomb ripped through a banquet hall in a northern neighbourhood of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Thursday, police…
Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and nine others wounded when a suicide bomb ripped through a banquet hall in a northern neighbourhood of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Thursday, police…
Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a hotel in the Afghan capital on Thursday, police said. “The attacker wanted to enter the hotel but was…
Srinagar, Nov 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said they arrested three militants during a gunfight in Kulgam district which left a soldier dead. Addressing a joint press conference along with officers of…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Saudi Ambassador to India Saud Al-Sati has said that his country has “credible evidence” that Iran was behind the missile attack on Saudi capital Riyadh by Yemen-based…
Abuja, Nov 16 (IANS) Four suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people and wounded many others in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The attackers, who included women, detonated their explosives in the Muna district,…
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) A senior police officer and three members of his family were killed in a terrorist attack in Balochistan on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police Muhammad Ilyas, his wife, son and a brother…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Paving the way for trial, a court here on Wednesday framed charges against Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah and alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani in a money laundering case….
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Fifteen bullet-riddled bodies were discovered by the security forces in Balochistan’s Kech district in Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. A senior administration officer told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the…
Srinagar, Nov 15 (IANS) Police on Wednesday foiled a joint march by separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik by taking them into preventing custody here. They were detained just as they started…
Imphal, Nov 15 (IANS) Two troopers of Assam Rifles were critically wounded and an unidentified insurgent was killed in a gun battle in Manipur’s Chandel district on Wednesday, police sources said. The troopers recovered an…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday framed charges against Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah and alleged hawala dealer Muhammad Aslam Wani in a money laundering case. After the accused pleaded not…