Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters): Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni city in central Afghanistan early on Friday, burning police checkpoints, shelling houses and business areas and seizing control of parts of the city before being beaten back, officials said US attack helicopters and drone aircraft provided government forces with air support. But as smoke rose across […]
Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers
KANO: At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country’s northeast, military sources told AFP Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than a month. On Wednesday evening, heavily armed jihadists riding in trucks stormed and looted weapons and vehicles from […]
Yemen rebels say Saudi coalition airstrike in north kills 50
SANA’A (YEMEN): ,Yemen’s stalemated, three-year war has killed over 10,000 people, badly damaged Yemen’s infrastructure and crippled its health system. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shia rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen’s rebel-run Al Masirah […]
Witch doctor trapped woman in an Indonesian cave as sex slave for 15 yrs, held
Indonesia: 28-year-old woman rescued from a cave after 15 years of disappearance. The woman was 13-year-old when her parents had taken her to a shaman in rural Indonesia and left her with him. But when she never returned, parents asked shaman about her, he said that she had gone to Jakarta to find work and […]
Trump administration to impose new sanctions on Russia for Skripal poisoning
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is hitting Russia with new sanctions punishing President Vladimir Putin’s government for using a chemical weapon against an ex-spy in Britain, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has signed off on a determination that Russia violated international law by poisoning the former spy, Sergei Skripal, and his […]
Aftershocks rock Indonesia as quake death toll tops 300
JAKARTA: Around 1,400 people were seriously injured and more than 150,000 displaced, authorities said earlier. Mataram The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok jumped to 319 on Thursday, as strong aftershocks triggered panic among traumatised survivors waiting for aid in the worst-hit regions. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake on Sunday […]
Pakistan: EC to hear case against Imran Khan for controversial vote casting
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday will hear the case against Pakistan Prime Minister to be, Imran Khan for voting in full public view at his NA-53 Islamabad constituency during the general elections last month. The ECP had taken cognizance of Khan, who violated the electoral code of conduct and sought a […]
Attack on bus carrying children kills at least 20, wounds 35 in Yemen: Red Cross
Sanaa: An airstrike blamed on the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen hit a bus in a busy market on Thursday in the country’s north, killing at least 20 people, including children, Yemeni tribal leaders said. As many as 35 were also wounded in the attack, which took place in the Dahyan market in […]
50 killed in Afghan fighting
Kabul: Fifty people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed in fighting in Afghanistan’s Logar province, authorities said on Tuesday. The clash started late Monday night after Taliban militants stormed Azra district and surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency reported. “The militants were closing in on the district centre and fierce gun battles were underway in […]
Govt To Raise Objection Against Wrong Reference Of Kashmir In ‘Mission Impossible – Fallout’
newdehli:-The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has asked the Ministry of External Affairs to raise “objections” against “improper depiction” of Jammu and Kashmir in the Tom Cruise-starrer “Mission: Impossible – Fallout”, officials said. In a letter to the MEA, the I&B ministry said while it has been ensured that the Indian version of the film does […]
