Washington: The US State Department Tuesday designated Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Maulana Fazlullah as a “specially designated global terrorist.” The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against US persons engaging in transactions with Fazlullah, and the freezing of all his properties and interests that are in the country, or come within its territory or […]
Nairobi: At least 143 members of the Nigerian Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group have been killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces, Cameroonian Communications Minister Issa Bakary said Tuesday.
Sydney: Australian cartoonist Larry Pickering has been given police protection after he posted a derogatory cartoon of Prophet Muhammad on his website. Detectives visited the long-time strident satirist at his home in Queensland to warn that he was at a risk of reprisals after posting the cartoon last week following the Parisian murders by Muslim […]
Islamabad: The Pakistan government will execute five more terrorists in Sukkur and Faisalabad jails Tuesday, media reported. Three terrorists belonging to banned outfits and lodged in central jail Sukkur in Sind province and two convicts in district jail Faisalabad in Punjab province will be hanged Tuesday, The News International reported. The three terrorists in Sukkur […]
Beirut: Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra Front killed nine people and injured 37 in a twin suicide blasts in Lebanon’s port city of Tripoli. The Al Nusra Front said Saturday on its Twitter account that the attacks against a coffee shop was carried out by the Nusairi National Democratic Party in Jabal Mohsen as a revenge […]
Jakarta: The tail section of the the AirAsia plane that crashed Dec 28 with 162 people on board, was lifted Saturday from Indonesia’s Java Sea. The tail, partially buried in the seabed 30 metres underwater, was lifted to the surface by floating balloons, Xinhua reported. AirAsia flight QZ8501 with 162 people – 155 passengers and […]
Rawalpindi: Pakistan, Friday, executed another convict involved in the assassination attempt on former president Pervez Musharraf in 2003. The convict, Khalid, who had planned the attempt on Musharraf’s life, was executed in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Geo News reported. The December 2003 attack involved a powerful explosion targeting the former president’s motorcade as it was passing […]
France was embroiled in a double hostage crisis Friday as two gunmen who had massacred 12 people in French satirical magazine held a hostage in northeast Paris while a third gunman who killed a policewoman held five people hostage in a Jewish supermarket, both places surrounded by police and sharpshooters
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday conceded defeat in the presidential election after officials indicated a landslide win for joint opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena.
Islamabad: Four terrorists, including an Al Qaeda commander, were killed in an alleged gun battle in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, media reported Friday. The terrorists were well-versed with preparing suicide jackets.They were planning to target intelligence agency’s office, Geo News quoted police as saying. The shootout with terrorists took place in the city’s Qayyumabad […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena on his victory in the Sri Lankan polls and reaffirmed India’s continued support for the nation’s peace and development. “I spoke to Maithripala Sirisena and congratulated him. I congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on the peaceful and democratic poll process,” the prime […]
Paris: One of the three suspects believed involved in the massacre at the French satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo” has surrendered to police in the town of Charleville-Mezieres near the border with Belgium, authorities said Thursday. Hamyd Mourad, 18, surrendered after allegedly collaborating in the attack carried out by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, according to […]
The youngest of the three suspects in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine here, has surrendered voluntarily, a media report said
Washington: A former Indian student of University of Washington has been deported after he was convicted of cyberstalking for making threats on social media to carry out a campus shooting, authorities announced. Keshav Mukund Bhide, 24, departed on an international flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Dec 24 under the watch of special agents, according to […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Supreme Court Monday formed a two member bench to hear the detention case of alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, media reported. The bench headed by Justice Jawaad S Khawaja will hear the case Tuesday, The News International reported. Earlier, Interior Ministry challenged the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision […]
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