New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday supported Union minister V.K. Singh amid a row over an affidavit filed by army chief General Dalbir Singh, saying the minister was “continuously being…
Ankara, Aug 20 (IANS) The Turkish Parliament on Saturday ratified a bill on the normalisation of the country’s ties with Israel, ending a six-year period of tense relations, media reported. As per the agreement Israel…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan has closed its border with Afghanistan indefinitely after a group of Afghan demonstrators attacked the Bab-e-Dosti gate at Chaman and set the Pakistani flag on fire. The incident that took…
Baghdad, Aug 20 (IANS) Around 70,000 civilians are trapped by the Islamic State (IS) in a city near Mosul, said an Iraqi official on Saturday. Al Qayyara, around 70 kilometres south of Mosul, was captured…
Kabul, Aug 20 (IANS) The Taliban militant group has condemned the targeted killing of many Afghan nationals in Pakistan. The group claimed that the slain individuals were religious clerics, Khaama Press reported on Saturday. According…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world’s largest bloc of Muslim countries, on Saturday said that Kashmir is “not an internal problem of India but an international issue”, according to…
Kabul, Aug 20 (IANS) Taliban militants on Saturday seized control of Khan Abad district in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province as sporadic clashes continued around the district centre, officials said. “Dozens of armed militants overran the district…
Seoul, Aug 20 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister held a meeting with the US Secretary of Navy here to discuss potential threats from the North Korea and ways to increase countermeasures, according to the Ministry…
Islmabad, Aug 20 (IANS) US citizen Matthew Craig Barrett who has been “blacklisted” in Pakistan and was arrested earlier this month after entering the country, was deported on Saturday morning, sources said. Barrett boarded a…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Four bullet-ridden bodies have been recovered in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, according to media reports. Military sources said the bodies were found in Kalat district late Friday evening, Dawn online reported. An…
Manila, Aug 20 (IANS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to declare a ceasefire on Saturday to reciprocate a week-long truce that the communist rebels have announced. Presidential communication secretary Martin Andanar said that Duterte…
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Karachi operation, which will complete its three years next month, was not going to end any time soon and there would be…
Srinagar, Aug 20 (IANS) Authorities on Saturday continued curfew and shutdown for the 43rd consecutive day paralysing life across Kashmir. Police said curfew will remain in force in Anantnag town and parts of Srinagar city…
Pune (Maharashtra), Aug 19 (IANS) Automobiles major Bajaj Auto Ltd. has launched a search for the 1971 India-Pakistan war heroes who served on the iconic erstwhile aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, an official said here on…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army’s Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due…
Manila, Aug 19 (IANS) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Friday night issued a unilateral declaration for a seven-day ceasefire to “celebrate and bolster” the resumption of formal peace talks with the government….
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) As part of India’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju visited Tawang, a border area of Arunachal Pradesh, to celebrate Raksha Bandhan with the troops…
Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) The police on Friday caned about 100 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists and took 40 of them into preventive custody for attempting to barge into Amnesty International India office here…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army’s Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) After Turkey requested India to take action against oganisations and educational institutions in India which are affiliated to Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday briefed External Affairs…