Syria rebels vow armed response to regime ceasefire violations
Several of Syria's key opposition factions said Monday they were launching an armed response to what they alleged were regime "violations" of a ceasefire agreement in the war-torn country.
Apr 18, 2016, 13:12 PM IST
Fierce fighting kills 35 around Syria's Aleppo: Monitor
Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011 with anti- government protests but has since evolved into a multi-front war drawing in regional powers.
Apr 10, 2016, 15:26 PM IST
Air forces of China, Pakistan launch joint training exercise
China and Pakistan call each other "all-weather friends", with ties underpinned by long-standing wariness of their common neighbour, India, and a desire to hedge against US influence in Asia.
Syria rebel group downs warplane, captures pilot
On Friday, Al-Nusra and its allies pushed regime loyalists out of Al-Eis, a strategic town in Aleppo province.
Rijiju criticises China for blocking India's bid to ban JeM chief
China on Thursday requested the UN Committee, which is considering a ban on the JeM chief, to keep the ruling on hold.
Apr 01, 2016, 20:24 PM IST
US, Saudi Arabia sanction alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba supporters
Saudi Arabia and the United States imposed joint sanctions targeting the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, the two countries announced on Thursday.
Apr 01, 2016, 14:23 PM IST
Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon
The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a US official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama`s final push to close the facility.
Mar 31, 2016, 08:50 AM IST
Suspected US air strikes in Yemen kill 14 militants: Residents, medics
Air raids killed 14 men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in southern Yemen on Sunday, medics and local residents said, in one of the largest US-led assaults on the group since a civil war broke out a year ago.
Mar 28, 2016, 08:39 AM IST
530 killed in areas covered by Syria truce in first 23 days
A total of 530 people were killed in the first 23 days of a truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
Mar 22, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
65 Shebab insurgents killed in northeast Somalia: Army
Somalia security forces have killed 65 Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country`s northeast, the regional army chief said Monday.
Mar 22, 2016, 03:37 AM IST
Kenya says it killed 19 Shebab in thwarted attack in Somalia
Kenya`s armed forces said they had thwarted an assault by Shebab jihadists on a military camp in southern Somalia early Wednesday, killing 19 insurgents and seizing a haul of weapons.
Mar 16, 2016, 23:14 PM IST
Syria strikes on jihadist bastions spike during truce: Monitor
Since a ceasefire came into force in Syria, the army and its Russian ally have refocused their air power on targeting jihadist factions, a monitoring group said Monday.
Mar 14, 2016, 20:22 PM IST
Al-Qaeda claims deadly attack at Ivory Coast beach resort which killed 16
Gunmen killed 16 people at an Ivory Coast resort leaving bodies strewn on the beach, in an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate as fears grow of a mounting jihadist threat in west Africa.
Mar 14, 2016, 09:00 AM IST
Syrian Army retakes village in Aleppo province from Islamists: Monitor
Nusra Front is not covered by the US-Russia truce agreement to halt the fighting in Syria and Moscow.
Mar 08, 2016, 14:34 PM IST
Qaeda in Syria seizes key hilltops from regime: Monitor
Fighters from Al-Nusra Front, Jund Al-Aqsa, and other groups seized the central Al-Eis hilltop and surrounding hills as well, says Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
Mar 08, 2016, 05:30 AM IST
US concerned over Pakistan's growing nuclear weapons: Pentagon
The US is concerned over Pakistan's fast-expanding stockpile of nuclear weapons which combined with its evolving doctrine increases the risk of an "accident", Pentagon's top spy master has said.
Mar 03, 2016, 12:40 PM IST
Trudeau brother asks not to deport alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper
The brother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Canada's public safety minister to intervene to halt the deportation of an Algerian man accused of being an Al-Qaeda sleeper agent.
Mar 03, 2016, 01:28 AM IST
India gives new list of terrorists from Pak-based groups to UN
India has submitted to the UN's Sanction Committee a fresh list of 11 terrorists from Pakistan -based terror groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda, Taliban and other outfits responsible for terrorism in the country.
Feb 24, 2016, 18:40 PM IST
Children starving amid alarming Somalia drought: UN
Over 58,000 children will starve to death in Somalia without urgent support, the United Nations warned Monday, amid severe drought in the impoverished and war-torn Horn of Africa country.
Feb 08, 2016, 18:33 PM IST
Five killed as jihadists attack UN camp in Mali
At least four suspected jihadists and a Malian soldier were killed Friday following an attack on a UN military camp in Timbuktu in Mali`s restive north, a Malian security source said.
Feb 05, 2016, 20:44 PM IST
