TAPI pipeline will take five years: Afghan president
New Delhi : The construction of the $10-billion four-nation TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project will be completed in the next five years, Afghanistan President...
Saudi Arabia cracks down on IS-linked terror
Riyadh : In a significant crackdown on the Islamic State and its affiliates, Saudi security agencies have arrested nearly 100 people linked to the...
Chinese investment in Pakistan neither loan nor grant: Sharif
Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the money being spent by China in Pakistan is not a loan or grant but...
Israel seeks stronger partnership with India
New Delhi : Israel has expressed a desire to strengthen its relations with India while enhancing partnership in the fields of agriculture, water resources,...
India-Afghan ties have no expiry date: Mukherjee to Ghani
New Delhi : The enduring trust and mutual understanding between India and Afghanistan go beyond political and strategic considerations and their bilateral ties have...
India visit has led to forward outlook in close ties: Ghani
New Delhi : Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said that India and Afghanistan are bound by a "million ties across the millennia or...
Saudi king appoints nephew as new crown prince
Riyadh : Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has appointed his nephew deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as the new crown prince,...
Saudi Arabia arrests 93 suspected IS members
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 suspects including 65 Saudi nationals, most of them linked to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organisation, and...
100th death row convict hanged in Pakistan
Islamabad : Pakistan hanged another death row convict on Tuesday taking to 100 the number of convicts hanged since a moratorium on capital punishment...
Pakistani visitors stranded at Attari as Punjab farmers protest
Amritsar : With farmers in Punjab blocking rail tracks to protest tardy lifting of wheat by government agencies in the state, as many as...
India shares Afghanistan’s pain over terror: Modi
New Delhi : India shares Afghanistan's "pain over persisting terrorism and extremist violence", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.
The terrorist violence has destroyed...
India, Afghanistan can build future on past ties: Ghani
New Delhi : Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, now on an official visit here, said on Tuesday that India and Afghanistan share strong, old...
5.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Pakistan province
Islamabad : An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of a province in Pakistan on Tuesday, media reported.
According to the meteorological...
Population by religions in times to come
Insecurity and ghettoisation have made Indian Muslims vulnerable and they have become more susceptible to the influence of conservative maulanas advising against the family planning etc.
By Ram Puniyani,
The PEW Research Centre has released a report (on April 2, 2015), which gives the projections of populations in times to come. It says that in India, the population of Hindus will fall down from present 79.5 % to 76.7% and the Muslim population will rise up to 18% by 2050. The population of Indian Muslims will overtake the population of Muslims in Indonesia and Pakistan.
10 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
Baghdad : At least 10 people were killed and 38 others wounded in three bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday,...
18 civilians killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen
Sanaa : At least 18 civilians were killed and 47 others wounded when warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition forces mistakenly hit a populated neighbourhood...
Is Sunni world suffering from Shia phobia?
By Soroor Ahmed, TwoCircles.net,
To save their respective monarchies, the Saudi and Gulf rulers, with the help of the western masters, have been whipping up anti-Shia passion ever since the Islamic Revolution in Iran on February 11, 1979.
Yemen, where Zaidi Shias are considered much closer to Sunnis, is the latest example. About 35-45 % population is Shia and there is no such sectarian conflict whatsoever. In fact, these Zaidis were very close to Salafi Saudis till a few months back.
Accidental bomb explosion kills six in Afghanistan
Kabul : At least six civilians, all members of the same family, were killed when a bomb allegedly hidden by the Taliban for later...
Report reveals ‘secret’ flexible US drone policy in Pakistan
Washington : US President Barack Obama tightened rules for the US drone programme in 2013, but he secretly approved a waiver giving the Central...
Two Bangladeshis return after 14 years in Indian prison
Dhaka : Two Bangladeshis have returned after serving 14 years in prison for illegally trespassing into Indian territory, media reported on Monday.
India's Border Security...
Israel announces tender for 77 units in east Jerusalem settlements
Jerusalem : Israel has announced a tender for the construction of 77 homes in Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, according to Peace Now, the...
Afghan president arriving on three-day visit to India
New Delhi : Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will be in India for a three-day state visit beginning on Monday and will meet Prime...
Bangladesh border guards to tighten vigil along frontier
Agartala : The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) would further tighten vigil along the India-Bangladesh border to check activities of the Indian militants, a Border...
44 killed as rain and storm lashes Pakistan
Islamabad : At least 44 people were killed and over 200 injured following heavy rain and windstorm in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, media...
Blockade not in force: Khaleda
Dhaka : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia has said a countrywide transport blockade she called in January is no longer in force,...
35 killed due to rain, windstorm in Pakistan
Islamabad : At least 35 people were killed and 150 others injured following heavy rains and windstorm in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on...
Israel joins in Nepal quake relief
New Delhi : Israel is joining in the relief and rescue operations in Nepal with the staff at their embassy here joining their counterparts...
811 arrested in Saudi Arabia on terror charges
Riyadh : The security authorities have arrested 811 people of 25 nationalities on terrorism charges across the Kingdom in the past six months, according...
Bangladesh jolted twice after fresh tremor in Nepal
Dhaka : Two mild tremors shook Bangladesh on Sunday following a fresh tremor in Nepal, a day after a deadly earthquake devastated the Himalayan...
Nine militants killed in Pakistan
Islamabad : Nine militants have been killed in the air strikes in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, media reported on Sunday.
An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement...
Pakistan to send relief aid to Nepal
Islamabad : Four Pakistan Air Force aircrafts carrying rescue and relief aid would be flown to the quake-hit Himalayan country of Nepal, media reported...
Female activist killed in Pakistan
Islamabad:A female Pakistani human rights activist was shot dead in Karachi after hosting a discussion on allegations of torture in Balochistan province, a media...
7.5-magnitude quake hits Bangladesh
Dhaka: An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hit Bangladesh on Saturday, along with Nepal and several Indian states, bdnews24 reported.
The 7.5 magnitude earthquake's epicentre was...
IS kills 10 people, shoots down plane in Syria
Damascus: Islamic State (IS) militants killed 10 people, many of them Kurds, in northern Syria on Friday and shot down a military aircraft in...
115 children killed in Yemeni since March 26: Unicef
Geneva : The United Nation Children's Fund (Unicef) reported on Friday that at least 115 children had lost their lives in Yemen since March...
‘I want to visit Pakistan before my death’ – Sardar Son Singh from shrine...
By Ravi Nitesh,
At a time, when we are witnessing difficult times for communal harmony and situation of conflict between India and Pakistan, at a time when few advocate and propagate hatred in the name of religion and nationality, there still are examples that are shining like a ray of hope.
Barge with 900 tonnes coal sinks in Bangladesh
Dhaka : A barge, carrying 900 tonnes of coal, sank in Bangladesh's Sandwip Channel near Chittagong port on Friday after hitting a buoy.
All 12...
Saudi Arabia arrests suspect in killing of two soldiers
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia's interior ministry announced on Friday it arrested a man on suspicion of killing two soldiers in Riyadh, media reported.
Interior ministry...
Yemen reminded us again: Indian media aloof from world affairs
By Saeed Naqvi,
Werner Adam, the late foreign Editor of Frankfurter Allgemeine, used to tell me a story about his meeting in Moscow with India’s...
India, Pakistan spar over Kashmir at Bandung
New Delhi/Islamabad : India has termed as "most unfortunate" Pakistan's reference to the Kashmir issue at the Asian African summit in Jakarta, an official...
Execution of Pakistan murder convict ordered for third time
Islamabad : An anti-terror court (ATC-3) in Pakistan's Karachi port city on Friday issued death warrant for murder convict Shafqat Hussain for the third...
Pakistan reiterates support to Saudi Arabia over Yemen
Islamabad : Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again assured the Saudi Arabian leadership of support in the prevailing crisis situation in Yemen,...
Over 100,000 displaced in Iraqi governorate
United Nations : The UN on Thursday said that more than 100,000 people have been displaced in Anbar governorate, where pro-government forces have been...
Al Qaeda’s Indian branch leader killed by US
Washington: Ahmed Farouq, an American who died in a US counterterrorism airstrike in January, was the deputy emir of Al Qaeda in the Indian...
Obama’s grandmother arrives for Umrah
Makkah : Sara Omar, paternal grandmother of U.S. President Barack Obama, attended an exhibition detailing the life of the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) at the end of Umrah pilgrimage in Makkah, local media reported Wednesday.
Sara Omar, who is in her 90s, arrived in Makkah with her son Saeed Obama, uncle of President Obama, and her grandson Mousa Obama to perform Umrah.
BNP, Awami League file cases over attack on Khaleda
Dhaka : The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its rival, the ruling Awami League (AL), on Thursday filed cases with the police over an...
Over 2,000 killed in seven months of coalition bombing in Syria
Cairo : At least 2,079 people were killed in Syria during seven months of international coalition airstrikes, led by the US, the Syrian Observatory...
World’s biggest machine-made carpet depicts ‘I Love Muhammad’
Tehran : The world's largest machine-made carpet which depicts the words "I love Muhammad" in 40 languages was donated to a charity organisation in...
22 terrorists killed in Pakistan airstrikes
Islamabad : At least 22 terrorists were killed when military fighter jets bombed their hideouts in North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan, it was reported...
Five years later, no green light for India-Bangladesh rail project
By Sujit Chakraborty,
Agartala : The proposed India-Bangladesh railway connectivity project has yet to take off, five years after it was sanctioned. According to officials...
‘India needs patience, perseverance, long-term engagement in Afghanistan’
New Delhi : India will do everything in its power to "continue to enable" conditions in Afghanistan so that the people there are able...
Top Boko Haram commander killed by Nigerian troops
Lagos : Nigerian troops have killed a top commander of the Boko Haram militant group in the country's Borno state, a military spokesperson said...
Pakistan seeks details of boat seizure off Gujarat coast
New Delhi : Pakistan on Wednesday sought details about the seizure of a boat and arrest of eight suspected Pakistani crew member off the...
Pakistanis return 13 Indian trucks with bananas
Jammu : Pakistani traders on Wednesday turned back 13 Indian trucks carrying bananas from Jammu and Kashmir over a dispute with Indian traders, an...
‘Military intervention worsened situation in Syria, Yemen’
Jakarta : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said here on Wednesday that foreign military intervention worsened the condition in Syria and Yemen and urged the...
Iran welcomes halt to Saudi-led military operation in Yemen
Tehran : Iran has welcomed Saudi Arabia's halt to its aerial campaign against Yemen, expressing hope that a national dialog among Yemeni parties would...
For peace in Mid-East, India urges political settlement, action on terror
By Arul Louis,
United Nations : To bring peace to the Middle East, India has called for political dialogue to find solutions to the hostilities...
US blacklists two leaders of Al Shabaab terrorist group
Washington: The US has designated two leaders of the Somali militant group Al Shabaab as terrorists, according to a report on Tuesday.
Ahmed Diriye, Al...
IS leader al-Baghdadi critically wounded?
London: Head of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was critically wounded in an airstrike in Iraq by the US-led coalition...
Saudi Arabia ends ‘Operation Decisive Storm’ in Yemen
Riyadh : The Saudi Arabia-led coalition command announced on Wednesday the end of its military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen after receiving a...
Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand celebrate ‘Bihar and Jharkhand Diwas 2015’ in Doha
By TCN News,
Doha: Indian Association of Bihar and Jharkhand (IABJ) invited the Indians residing in Qatar and celebrated ‘Bihar and Jharkhand Diwas’ at Doha.
Dinesh Udaniya, First Secretory, Indian Embassy Qatar, was the chief guest while the guest of honor was Sabih Bukhari, GM, SATCO International. R K Singh from the Indian Embassy, Syed Abdul Hai and Nilanshu De, Qatar Petroleum, were also present there as guests for the event that was held on Friday, April 17, at Al Maha Academy Doha.
26/11 kingpin Lakhvi acquitted by Pakistani court
Islamabad : A local court in Pakistan on Tuesday acquitted Mumbai terror attacks alleged kingpin Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in a case pertaining to the...
Muslim couple abused on Sydney train to press charges
Sydney : A Muslim couple from Brisbane who were racially abused on a Sydney train last week, on Tuesday said that they intend to...
Iran urges world to stop Saudi-led attacks on Yemen
Tehran : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called on the international community to condemn the Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen and to help...
Pakistan SC urged to revoke orders on military courts
Islamabad : The Pakistan government on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to withdraw its order putting on hold the execution of six men convicted...
Iran n-deal to benefit all: President Rouhani
Tehran : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said the final deal on Tehran's nuclear programme will benefit all sides and will boost regional...
Egypt’s ex-president Morsi jailed for 20 years
Cairo : An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison for inciting the killings of protestors outside...
Pakistan President confers Nishan-e-Pakistan on Xi Jinping
Islamabad : Chinese President Xi Jinping was on Tuesday conferred with the Nishan-e-Pakistan, Pakistan's highest civilian honour, by President Mamnoon Hussain at a brief...
Case filed over attack on Khaleda Zia
Dhaka : An official of the ruling Awami League has filed a complaint against BNP activists in connection with the attack on Bangladesh Nationalist...
Pakistan, China to continue cooperation in civil n-energy
Islamabad : China and Pakistan have agreed to continue bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in line with...
Pakistan PM to visit Saudi Arabia on April 23
Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia on April 23 (Thursday) to discuss the developing situation in Yemen, a media...
Chinese president to address Pakistan parliament
Islamabad : Chinese President Xi Jinping will address a joint session of both houses of Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday.
Xi arrived in Islamabad on Monday...
Pakistan executes 14 convicts
Islamabad : Fourteen death row convicts were executed in various jails in Pakistan's Punjab and Balochistan province on Tuesday, said a media report.
Two convicts...
UNSC calls for ‘unhindered humanitarian access’ to Palestinian camp
United Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has called for "unhindered humanitarian access" to the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near the Syrian capital of...
Six arrested in US for seeking to join IS in Syria
Washington: Six people have been arrested over the weekend in the US states of Minnesota and California for trying to visit Syria and join...
China, Pakistan to lift bilateral trade to $20 bn
Islamabad: China and Pakistan on Monday agreed to work towards raising bilateral trade to $20 billion in three years.
The agreement was announced in a...
BNP calls shutdown on Wednesday to protest attack on Khaleda
Dhaka:The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has called a nationwide shutdown on Wednesday to protest the attack on party chief Khaleda Zia during an...
Nearly 3,000 Tunisians join IS
Tunis: Nearly 3,000 Tunisians have joined the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, Tunisia's Deputy Minister of National Security, Rafik Chelli, said here on Monday.
"Several...
China plans $45 bn investments in Pakistan, signs 51 MoUs
Islamabad : Pakistan and China on Monday signed 51 agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in diverse fields with visiting Chinese President...
Netanyahu gets two-week extension to form new Israeli government
Jerusalem : Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a two-week extension to form a new government, a media report...
Afghanistan rebuilding itself – with a little help from India
By Ranjana Narayan,
New Delhi : As Afghanistan rebuilds its institutions, including in the fields of governance and education, after decades of war, Afghan officials...
Pakistan striving to overcome energy crisis: Sharif
Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the country is facing acute shortage of energy and that the government has made...
Saudi Arabia tightens security amid terror threats
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has tightened security amid terror threats mainly to the capital city of Riyadh, state-run media reported on Monday.
According to the...
Islamabad, Rawalpindi on red alert
Islamabad : Security in Pakistan's twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been put on red alert for Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day visit...
Sushma makes statement on Yemen in Lok Sabha
New Delhi : Amid a huge ruckus and slogan shouting by opposition members, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said in the Lok...
Chinese president leaves for Pakistan visit
Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday left for a state visit to Pakistan, at the invitation of Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and...
Yemen’s Houthis vow to confront Saudi-led offensive
Sanaa : Yemen's Shia Houthi rebel group on Sunday vowed to confront the offensive by the Saudi-led coalition and Sunni tribal fighters.
Rebel leader Abdul...
IS video shows killing of Ethiopian Christians
Tripoli : The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Sunday released a video purportedly showing the execution of about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
The...
Egypt court sentences 11 to death for soccer riots
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 11 people to death for their involvement in the 2012 soccer riots, which claimed the lives of...
Top Pakistani official urges India to resume talks
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's advisor on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz has urged India to start the foreign secretary-level talks for resolving various...
34 dead in Afghan suicide attack, IS claims responsibility
Kabul: At least 34 people were killed and more than 100 injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing outside a bank in Jalalabad city...
‘State, central governments prepared to deal with mischief by Pakistan, terrorists’
Jammu: The central and state governments are fully prepared to deal with any mischief by Pakistan or the terrorists, Jitender Singh, minister of state...
Saudi Arabia pledges $274 million for relief work in Yemen
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued an order to allocate an amount of $274 million for humanitarian relief work...
Pakistan arrests 48 Indian fishermen
Islamabad: Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 48 Indian fishermen and captured eight boats for illegal entry in Pakistani waters, media reported on...
Hafiz Saeed calls for Pakistan’s intervention in J&K
Islamabad: The chief of Pakistan's banned terror outfit Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has expressed support for Kashmiri separatist leader Masrat Alam who...
Over 25,000 flee military operations in Iraq
United Nations : Over 25,000 people have fled Iraq's Ramadi district due to the ongoing military operations launched on April 8, a UN spokesperson...
Chinese president to address Pakistan parliament
Islamabad : Chinese President Xi Jingping will address a joint session of both houses of Pakistan's parliament on April 20, which is being summoned...
22 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing
Kabul : At least 22 people were killed and over 50 injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing at Jalalabad city in Afghanistan.
"A suicide...
Hezbollah lashes out at Saudi-led aggression in Yemen
Beirut : Head of Lebanon's Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah chastised weeks of Saudi-led air campaign against Yemen.
Addressing hundreds of supporters at a rally on...
Obama discusses Yemen’s situation with Saudi King
Washington : US President Barack Obama spoke with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia over the phone to discuss recent developments in...
Fierce fighting erupts on outskirts of Libya’s Tripoli
Tripoli: Fierce fighting between Libya Dawn militias and pro-government forces broke out in Libya's capital Tripoli, according to military sources and witnesses.
The fierce fighting...
Suicide car bomb hits US consulate in Iraq
Baghdad: A suicide car bomb went off on Friday near the US consulate in the city of Arbil, capital of the Kurdistan, leaving unknown...
Saddam-era vice president believed dead in Iraq
Baghdad : Saddam Hussein's former vice president Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is believed to have been killed during operations in Iraq's Salahudin province, a security...
Illegal Phensedyl manufacturing unit busted near Bangladesh border
Kolkata : The Border Security Force on Friday arrested a man for running an illegal unit manufacturing Phensedyl syrup near the Bangladesh border in...
Gunmen shoot Karachi college’s American vice-principal
Islamabad : The vice-principal of Jinnah Medical and Dental College was shot by unidentified gunmen, a media report said on Friday.
Police identified the victim...
136 Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen
Dhaka : As many as 136 Bangladeshis have been further evacuated from Yemen, bringing the total number of evacuees to 496, media reported on...
“Green flags waived during my rally symbolize Islam, not Pakistani flags”: Syed Ali Shah...
“Let them arrest me, I am ready to get arrested”
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Srinagar: Syed Ali Shah Geelani, separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, on Thursday dismissed government’s accusation that Pakistani flags were waived during his welcome rally on Wednesday and said “Green color symbolizes Islam and not Pakistan.”
Over 2,000 families flee Iraqi city as fighting rages
Baghdad : Over 2,000 families have been forced to flee the Iraqi city of Ramadi owing to heavy clashes between the Islamic State (IS)...
Over 220,000 killed in Syrian conflict: New data
Beirut : At least 220,271 people have been killed, 67,293 of whom were civilians, since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in mid-March 2011,...
Judicial commission will strengthen democracy in Pakistan: Imran Khan
Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday that the formation of a judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the...
Bangladesh court grants bail to BNP leader
Dhaka : The Dhaka High Court on Thursday granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in one...
New round of Libyan political dialogue starts in Morocco
Skhirat (Morocco) : A new round of Libyan political dialogue, hosted by Morocco and facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)...
Pakistan begins open court hearings on poll rigging
Islamabad : A three-member judicial commission started its open court proceedings on Thursday to investigate alleged rigging and irregularities of Pakistan's 2013 general elections.
The...
Three killed in firing near Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Islamabad : Three people, including two women, of the same family were killed on Thursday in firing near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Sources said unidentified gunmen...
UN special ad visor on Yemen resigns
United Nations : The UN's special advisor on Yemen, Jamal Benomar has resigned, a UN spokesman said.
The envoy resigned on Wednesday night as he...
Iran n-deal negotiations not with US, but with P5+1: Rouhani
Tehran : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country is negotiating an agreement on its nuclear programme not "with the US Senate...
Development of any society will come through collective efforts by men and women, says...
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Development of any society would come through collective efforts by men and women to improve the quality of their lives, Rula Ghani, the First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, said here on Wednesday.
“It is through relentless activism, dedication and blind courage that women could help change the mindsets of people,” Ghani said delivering her keynote address at a two-day SAARC conference on ‘Gender, Community and Violence: Changing Mindsets for Empowering the Women of South Asia’ here.
UNSC condemns attacks on foreign embassies in Libya
United Nations : The UN Security Council (UNSC) has "condemned in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks on the embassies of South Korea and...
MQM chief’s bail extended in money laundering case
Islamabad : The London Metropolitan Police have extended Altaf Hussain's bail, the chief of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party, by three months in...
Over 20 killed in Al Shabaab attack in Somalia
Mogadishu : Six soldiers and 15 civilians were killed in the attack on a government building that house two Somali ministries in Mogadishu, authorities...
Israeli defence chief blasts Russia-Iran weapons sale deal
Jerusalem : Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday slammed a Russian decision to lift a ban on selling an advanced missile defence system...
2,000 women, girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014: Amnesty
Nairobi : At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Nigerian jihadi group Boko Haram since the start of 2014, Amnesty International...
Indian charged in UAE with ‘insulting Islam’
Dubai : An Indian man has been charged in a UAE court for allegedly posting on a social networking site comments that insult Islam,...
Indian man rescued by Oman air force
Muscat: A Royal Air Force of Oman chopper has rescued an injured Indian national who was on board a commercial ship in Omani territorial...
Najam Sethi likely to take over as interim ICC president
Dubai:Najam Sethi, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) executive committee, is likely to become the International Cricket Council's (ICC) interim president, filling...
Four ex-US security guards jailed for killing Iraqi civilians
Washington: Four former US Blackwater security guards were sentenced by a federal judge to long prison terms for the 2007 massacre of 14 unarmed...
Lakhvi’s release challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court
Islamabad : The Punjab government on Tuesday challenged in the Supreme Court the Lahore High Court's order releasing Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind...
Bangladesh transport blockade no longer in force
Dhaka : The opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) has hinted that the indefinite transport blockade called by party chief Khaleda Zia on January 5,...
Russia lifts ban on missile system delivery, Iran welcomes
Tehran : Russia's decision to lift a ban on the delivery of S-300 missile system to Iran indicates the political will of the two...
Iran speaker praises nuclear negotiators, asserts independent policy
Tehran : Speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis), Ali Larijani, has praised the team that negotiated the nuclear deal with the world powers for...
Bengal CM, Bangladesh minister discuss border enclaves
Kolkata : Bangladesh Minister for Land Shamsur Rahman Sherif met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday and said the border enclave issue...
Indian ship to make last trip from Yemen to Djibouti on Tuesday
Thiruvananthapuram: An Indian ship will make its last journey from war-torn Yemen's Hodeidah port to Djibouti with stranded Indians on Tuesday, an official said...
Iran suspends Haj pilgrimage protesting sexual assault
Tehran : Iran has decided to suspend the Umrah Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia until the perpetrators behind the sexual assault on two teenaged...
Photo exhibition traces life of Afghans living in Kolkata
New Delhi : Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's timeless story "Kabuliwala" resonates perfectly with the Afghan community living in India. And capturing these connections is...
Iraq sacks 300 officers to reform army
Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday sacked over 300 army officers as part of his efforts to enhance security capabilities while...
Car bomb hits Moroccan embassy in Libya
Tripoli : A bomb exploded near the Moroccan embassy in Libya's capital city of Tripoli, causing significant damage to the compound, security sources said...
Israeli PM concerned that Iran may comply with n-deal
Jerusalem : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced fear that Iran will comply with a nuclear deal reached with six major world powers...
Obama hopeful about Iran n-deal despite Khamenei’s comments
Panama City : US President Barack Obama expressed optimism that major world powers and Iran could finalise a deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme...
Lakhvi’s release not step in right direction: Pakistani daily
Islamabad : The release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, from a Pakistani jail at this time...
Turkish forces kill five PKK militants
Ankara : Five militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed on Saturday in clashes with the Turkish security forces in Agri...
US, Israel concerned, disappointed over Lakhvi’s release
New Delhi/Washington: The US and Israel have expressed concern and disappointment over the release of 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi from...
Family meets Bangladesh war crimes convict facing execution
Dhaka: The family members of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, who is facing execution for atrocities committed during the country's 1971 Liberation War,...
Iranians protest alleged abuse of teenaged pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
Tehran: Hundreds of people gathered in front of Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran on Saturday to protest against what they called Saudi airport guards'...
Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie, 13 others sentenced to death
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Saturday delivered the death sentence to the chief leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, Mohammed Badie, and 13...
Kenyan police shoot dead two terror suspects
Nairobi: Kenyan police on Saturday shot dead two terror suspects in an incident that left one police officer injured in the coastal town of...
UAE lambasts Pakistan on Yemen resolution
Islamabad: Pakistani lawmakers urging the government to remain neutral on the escalating crisis in Yemen has evoked a strong response from the United Arab...
Gunmen kill 20 labourers in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and three others injured on Saturday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a labour camp in Pakistan's...
Turkey issues travel ban on foreign fighters
Ankara: Turkish authorities have issued a travel ban on over 12,000 foreign fighters who aim to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Foreign Minister...
25 killed in booby-trapped car attack in Yemen
Sana'a: At least 25 fighters of the Shia Houthi group were killed and scores of others wounded when a booby-trapped car struck a security...
Yemeni crisis worsening hourly: UN
United Nations: The humanitarian situation is getting worse by the hour in Yemen, said a UN spokesman Friday.
According to the World Health Organization(WHO), violence...