Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS) Russia has delivered half of the S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran in accordance with a weapon sales contract signed between the two countries in 2007, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (IANS) A total of 230 terror suspects were detained in Malaysia over the past three years, of whom 84 have been charged, 18 banished and 62 freed, the Home Ministry said…
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) About 400 Pakistanis have been stranded for four months in Saudi Arabia’s Samishi camp after their companies stopped paying salaries, a returnee has said. Mohammad Tanveer, speaking to Dawn News over…
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) A day after Quetta hospital bombing left at least 72 people killed in Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday vowed to continue military operations against terrorists. After a meeting with…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Two men were arrested on Tuesday over suspected Syria-related terrorism offences in England’s Coventry city. The men, aged 32 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of financing terrorism, BBC reported citing…
Tokyo, Aug 9 (IANS) Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday summoned Chinese Ambassador Cheng Yonghua to protest the continued incursions by Beijing in its territorial waters surrounding the disputed Senkaku islands. In what is…
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) Authorities on Tuesday continued restrictions in south Kashmir while heavy deployment of security forces was made at other places to maintain law and order in the Valley. “Restrictions shall remain in…
United Nations, Aug 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday condemned the terrorist attack at a hospital in Pakistan’s southwestern Quetta city, calling the attack “particularly appalling”, the attack killed 70 people, mostly…
Jammu, Aug 8 (IANS) After remaining suspended due to closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway for a day, the Amarnath Yatra was resumed on Monday as another batch of 277 pilgrims left Jammu for Kashmir. “Another…
Imphal, Aug 8 (IANS) Two Border Security Force troopers were wounded in a powerful bomb blast detonated using a remote control device at Changubung village in Senapati district, adjacent to Nagaland, on Monday. The injured…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday denounced the “barbarous atrocities” committed on Kashmiri youths by security forces after visiting a 14-year-old Kashmiri girl blinded by pellets. Karat visited Insha at…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The Coast Guard rescued an injured cadet from merchant vessel MP Panama-5, close to Haldia in West Bengal, on Monday, a defence ministry spokesperson said. Cadet Dilawar Ahlawat had suffered a…
Singapore, Aug 8 (IANS) Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Monday said the country’s Home Team and Singapore Armed Forces will do everything within their capabilities to step up security as the country celebrates…
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday ordered special combing operations after a powerful explosion in a Quetta hospital left at least 63 people dead. Gen Sharif told intelligence agencies…
Itanagar, Aug 8 (IANS) The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has proposed to create 54 border outposts along the McMahon Line to further improve security in Arunachal Pradesh and along the India-China border, an official said…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Three BSF troopers and a guerrilla were killed on Monday in a gun battle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, military sources said. Five other…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and a separatist guerrilla were killed on Monday in a gunfight near the Line of Control in Kupwara district, defence sources said here. A defence…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday condoled the death of 13 people in the recent violence that took place in Kokrajhar, Assam. As soon as the house assembled for the day…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Authorities on Monday continued curfew and restrictions in parts of Kashmir as life remained paralysed across the Valley for the 31st consecutive day. Towns of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, and Pulwama were…
Ankara, Aug 8 (IANS) Thousands gathered in Turkish city of Istanbul to protest the July 15 failed military coup, a media report said on Sunday. Nearly 300 died in events surrounding the July 15 coup…