Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday confirmed the death sentence to a group of five “hardcore terrorists” who were awarded the capital punishment by military courts for involvement in…
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned the hanging of Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman and said it has extreme concerns regarding the execution. Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakria, during his weekly briefing,…
Brussels, May 12 (IANS) The US Army’s recent decision to target IS in Afghanistan has had a significant impact on the terror group denying it momentum, a top NATO commander said on Thursday. IS “as…
Dhaka, May 12 (IANS) India on Thursday conveyed its “strong support” to Bangladesh in its fight against terrorism. “I told the foreign secretary that I am also here to convey strong support to the government…
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The head of the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Benazir Bhutto assassination, has said it had not probed three men named by her in a letter months before her…
Kabul, May 12 (IANS) One person was killed and six others were injured on Thursday when a suicide bomber targeted a security checkpoint in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a local official said. “A terrorist detonated his…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Three foreign climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday after a two-year hiatus. Two Britons, Kenton Cool and Robert Richard Lucas, scaled the 8,848-metre peak along with two Nepalese…
Colombo, May 12 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother, Basil Rajapaksa was arrested on Thursday over a land deal. The former economic affairs minister was arrested by the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID)…
Dubai, May 12 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday withdrew disciplinary charges against Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera and lifted the provisional suspension imposed on him for doping. “Perera is, therefore, now free…
By Arul Louis United Nations, May 12 (IANS) Afghanistan has blasted Pakistan for spawning global extremist terror by promoting the Taliban, “the precursor of today’s terrorists” rampaging across the world, and called for targeting those…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Indian news channel CNN-NEWS18 on Wednesday claimed that it has tracked down India’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim at his Pakistan-based location. CNN-NEWS18 has secured clinching video evidence of Dawood…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS) Amid a dip in bilateral ties with India, Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa on Wednesday said Nepal’s consistent effort is to maintain…
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A special court hearing treason charges against former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf declared him an absconder on Wednesday, almost two months after he left the country for medical treatment abroad. The…
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered nearly four kg of heroin along the border with Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, a BSF officer said on Wednesday. The seizure is valued…
Karachi, May 11 (IANS) A rickshaw driver in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi who shot to fame through his singing video on Facebook, says he has quit driving after being praised by Indian legendary singer…
Kabul, May 11 (IANS) Twelve militants were killed in military operations launched by the Afghan army, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. “The Afghan National Army, in collaboration with police and intelligence agency personnel, carried…
Kabul, May 11 (IANS) A local leader was killed in a drive-by shooting in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. “Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on Sayyed Nazar in Saffaid…
Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS) A residential embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been officially inaugurated in Nepal. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his…
Dhaka, May 11 (IANS) Bangladesh late Tuesday executed a top Islamist leader for crimes committed during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971, the law minister said. Motiur Rahman Nizami, 72, was hanged after…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday said the construction of the Kathmandu-Terai Fast-Track Road Project should be handed over to India. The 76-km four-lane road project…