Government mulls Israel-type fencing along Pakistan border
An Israel-type highly secured fencing may come up along the Indo-Pak border to check infiltration from across the border as the government is exploring the possibility of installing such a barrier in the sensitive frontiers of Punjab and Jammu.
Jan 24, 2016, 14:22 PM IST
Boko Haram kill seven in suicide attack, raid
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria`s government declared them "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP Wednesday.
Jan 06, 2016, 22:04 PM IST
Nimr execution will fuel Sunni-Shiite strife: Iraq MP
Saudi Arabia`s execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr was intended to fuel Sunni-Shi`ite strife and set the region on fire, a lawmaker from Iraq`s ruling Shiite coalition told al-Sumaria TV on Saturday.
Jan 02, 2016, 14:52 PM IST
Israel strikes Gaza sites after rocket fire
The Israeli air force carried out attacks on Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, Palestinian security sources said, just hours after rockets from the enclave hit southern Israel.
Jan 02, 2016, 09:59 AM IST
Hamas bans Gaza New Year's eve parties
Islamist group Hamas has banned public New Year`s Eve parties in the Gaza Strip because they offend the territory's values and religious traditions, police said on Wednesday.
Dec 30, 2015, 20:52 PM IST
Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza
The Israeli army killed a Palestinian who it said tried to ram his car into soldiers near Hebron on Friday, and medics said another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a violent demonstration in the flashpoint West Bank city.
Dec 12, 2015, 01:23 AM IST
Egypt destroys 20 newly found tunnels along border with Gaza
The army says the tunnels were found and destroyed in November. The announcement came on its official Facebook page on Monday. There were no further details.
Dec 07, 2015, 20:43 PM IST
Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire: Sources
The army said it was the 20th rocket fired from the territory, which is controlled the Islamist movement Hamas, since the start of the year.
Nov 24, 2015, 07:47 AM IST
Gaza rocket hits Israel: Army
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel on Monday, the Israeli Army said in a statement.
Nov 23, 2015, 12:36 PM IST
Israeli police say 4 wounded in stabbing attack
Since mid-September, Palestinian attacks have killed 17 Israelis, mostly in stabbings, while 84 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire.
Nov 22, 2015, 03:18 AM IST
Hamas hands over Arafat house to PLO after eight years
The Islamic movement of Hamas on Tuesday handed over the house of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Gaza after eight years' control.
Nov 11, 2015, 09:15 AM IST
New violence shatters lull in Palestinian territories
Violence erupted today in the Palestinian territories after a lull in weeks of unrest, with two Israelis shot during a pilgrimage to a flashpoint holy site and clashes in the West Bank and Gaza.
Nov 07, 2015, 01:33 AM IST
Israel eases Al-Aqsa limits as 90 wounded in Gaza, West Bank
Israel lifted age limits for prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
Oct 24, 2015, 00:25 AM IST
Israel-Palestinian violence flares after Jewish holy site fire-bombed, 4 dead
Stone-throwing protests erupted across the West Bank and Gaza and assailants firebombed a site revered by Jews as the tomb of biblical Joseph on a "day of rage" against Israel.
Oct 17, 2015, 06:34 AM IST
Palestinian killed in Gaza by Israeli Army fire: Medics
A Palestinian died after being shot by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the enclave's Health Ministry said, the latest such incident in more than two weeks of clashes and attacks.
Oct 16, 2015, 20:25 PM IST
Palestinian youths stab Israeli boy of 13 as violence rages on
Two Palestinian youths of 13 and 15 stabbed and critically injured a 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike in northern Jerusalem on Monday, police said, continuing a wave of attacks in the city in which three alleged Palestinian assailants were shot dead.
Oct 13, 2015, 10:45 AM IST
Palestinian killed, Arab attacks Israelis as unrest mounts
Speaking on teh clashes, a spokesman for Hamas said "this shows the occupation's desire to escalate".
Oct 12, 2015, 10:24 AM IST
Israeli strike kills two Palestinians in Gaza as unrest spirals
A pregnant Palestinian mother and her toddler daughter were killed in an Israeli retaliatory air strike on Gaza on Sunday, as violence between Israelis and Palestinians threatened to spiral out of control.
Oct 11, 2015, 13:43 PM IST
Death toll climbs as Palestinian unrest spirals
Violence between Israelis and Palestinians threatened to spiral out of control today with two more Palestinians killed in Gaza, two stabbings outside Jerusalem's Old City and more West Bank clashes.
Oct 11, 2015, 00:18 AM IST
Violence spreads to Gaza, Israeli troops kill 6 Palestinians
Ahmed al-Hirbawi, Shadi Dawla, Abed al-Wahidi and Nabil Sharaf, all aged 20, were shot and killed east of the al-Shujaiyeh neighbourhood.
Oct 10, 2015, 00:33 AM IST
