2 killed in IS attack on Kabul mosque
Kabul, Aug 25 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 11 others were injured in a suicide bombing and subsequent armed assault on a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital on Friday. The Islamic…
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32 killed in Myanmar terror attacks
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 25 (IANS) At least 32 people, including 11 security personnel, were killed in terror attacks on police posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday, the army said in a statement. At…
Explosion, gunfight in Kabul mosque
Kabul, Aug 25 (IANS) A number of gunmen attacked a mosque here on Friday and an explosion was heard, police said. Witnesses and residents said the explosion occurred inside the Imam Zaman mosque complex in…
13 police personnel killed in Myanmar terror attacks
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 25 (IANS) At least 13 police personnel were killed in terror attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday morning, the Defence Services Office said. At least 24 police posts were attacked…
Police suspect Nepal Maoists’ hand in Darjeeling blasts
Darjeeling, Aug 25 (IANS) The West Bengal Police suspects the involvement of Nepalese Maoists in the recent blasts in the state’s northern hills, a senior officer said here on Friday. “We suspect the involvement of…
Five police personnel killed in Myanmar attack
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 25 (IANS) At least five police personnel were killed in terror attacks at police posts and a military base in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday, the Counsellor’s office said. A total…
Pakistan strongly rejects Trump’s remarks on terrorism
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump’s accusation that Pakistan has been undermining the US’s so-called ‘war against terror’ despite receiving billions of dollars in aid. A high-level meeting…
US urges Taliban to quit arms and end Afghan war
Kabul, Aug 24 (IANS) The top US military official in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson and US Ambassador Hugo Llorens on Thursday urged the Taliban to lay down arms and end the war. The rebels were…
Lt. Col. Purohit appears before Special NIA Court
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) A day after his release from jail, Indian Army officer Lt. Col. Prasad S. Purohit was taken to a Special NIA Court under tight security by the military and Mumbai police….
India’s role in Trump’s new Afghan policy hailed
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s new policy on Afghanistan, which says that India can play a greater role, was on Thursday hailed by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). “President Donald…
Top Pakistan civil-military brass rejects US warning
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Top civil-military leadership in Pakistan on Thursday rejected US allegations that it was harbouring and sheltering terrorists, and asserted that Islamabad would not allow militants to use its soil against any…
Pakistan bars LeT, 64 groups from collecting hides on Eid
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday placed a ban on the collection of hides of sacrificial animals by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and 64 other proscribed outfits on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, the Interior Ministry…
Top US general vows to destroy IS in Afghanistan
Kabul, Aug 24 (IANS) A top US general in Afghanistan on Thursday vowed to annihilate the Islamic State militant group and crush the remains of Al Qaeda after US President Donald Trump announced a new…
Protests in Kashmir town against youth’s killing
Srinagar, Aug 24 (IANS) Protests broke out in Handwara town in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday following accusations that security forces had killed a youth in cold blood. Officials failed to persuade the protesters to…
Spanish man with gas cannisters arrested in Rotterdam
The Hague, Aug 24 (IANS) The Dutch police have arrested a Spanish man driving a van with gas cannisters near a concert venue in Rotterdam, hours after a tip-off over a terror threat in the…
IS threatens Spain with more attacks
Baghdad, Aug 24 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) has threatened to carry out more attacks in Spain if the country does not withdraw from an international coalition battling the terror group in the Middle East…
France, Spain vow to strengthen anti-terror cooperation
Paris, Aug 24 (IANS) France and Spain vowed on Wednesday to step up their cooperation in the fight against terrorism at a meeting here between the two country’s interior ministers. At a press conference, French…
Iraqi forces retake new areas from IS in Tal Afar
Baghdad, Aug 24 (IANS) Iraqi security forces on Wednesday retook control of new areas from Islamic State (IS) terrorists on the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, the…
IS beheads 11 in Libya
Tripoli, Aug 23 (IANS) Islamic State (IS) militants beheaded nine soldiers and two civilians in a checkpoint attack in southern Libya, an army spokesman said on Wednesday. “The IS attacked Al-Fag’ha gate in Al-Jufra this…
Taliban suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 6
Kabul, Aug 23 (IANS) Six people were killed, including the attacker, and 40 were wounded when the Taliban detonated a vehicle loaded with explosives near a police barrack in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. The blast…