Kirkuk (Iraq), Nov 5 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 15 injured on Sunday in two suicide bomb attacks targeting a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi base in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a local…
Sanaa, Nov 5 (IANS) Saudi Arabia-led coalition warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on military targets in the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight and early Sunday, just a few hours after Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a…
Srinagar, Nov 5 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as the Army foiled an infiltration bid, a defence official said. Defence Ministry…
Tripoli, Nov 5 (IANS) Landmines planted by terrorist groups in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed eight civilians and injured 11 others in October, Benghazi hospital said. The hospital said in a statement that…
Damascus, Nov 5 (IANS) Dozens of people were killed when a car bomb ripped through a group of refugees in eastern Syria, a monitor group reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said several explosions…
Sanaa, Nov 5 (IANS) Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels fired a long-range ballistic missile on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, a media report said. “The missile force of the army fired on Saturday night a…
Moscow, Nov 5 (IANS) Russian long-range military bombers conducted air strikes on terrorist facilities in eastern Syria on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said. The targets, including weapon and ammunition depots of terrorists as well as…
Srinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) A policeman was killed and another was injured in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. “Selection grade constable, Abdul Salam injured along with his…
Srinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) Two policemen were injured as militants attacked a police party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. The militants fired at the police personnel outside the Rajpora police…
Ahmedabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Crime Branch officials here on early Saturday arrested Ajmeri Abdul Rashid, one of the accused in the 2002 Gandhinagar Akshardham Temple terror attack case, from near the airport. Rashid, one of…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) A suspect captured by US forces in Libya last week for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack was ordered to be held without bond following his first appearance in a…
Kabul, Nov 4 (IANS) In a move that can curb “freedom of expression”, the Afghanistan government has asked several private telecommunication companies to suspend WhatsApp and Telegram instant messaging services in the country. Although the…
Tripoli, Nov 4 (IANS) A Libyan lawmaker and a number of his escorts were released after being kidnapped in Tripoli by an armed group, a Parliament member revealed. Abdassalam Al-Morabit and his escorts were kidnapped…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) The US forces conducted two separate airstrikes against the Islamic State in northeastern Somalia, killing several terrorists, the Pentagon said. The first strike occurred at approximately midnight local Somalia time with…
Tripoli, Nov 4 (IANS) Unknown gunmen kidnapped four foreign workers, including three Turks and one German, in southern Libya, a media report said. They worked in a power plant in the southern Libyan city of…
Baghdad/Erbil, Nov 4 (IANS) Iraqi armed forces have re-captured the district of al-Qaim on the border with Syria, driving out the Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. Haider al-Abadi congratulated the army on Friday…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) There has been a 21 per cent reduction in violent Maoist incidents across the country this year compared to the corresponding period in 2016, it was announced at an high-level…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned on Friday that the Islamic State will pay a high price for its attacks against this country, after the terrorist group asserted that the suspected perpetrator…
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) A case was filed against veteran film actor Kamal Haasan in a court in Varanasi on Friday for his comments on “Hindu terror”. The case has been filed under several sections…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Suspected Al-Qaeda operative and British national Samiun Rahman, arrested on charge of radicalising Rohingyas to fight the Myanmar Army, on Friday told a court that he was “sexually harassed” in…