Russia’s air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200 militants, Russian news agencies cited Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday. Islamic State is concentrating its forces around Deir al-Zor after being

Lahore [Pakistan]: Clashes erupted at the Lahore High Court (LHC) after enraged lawyers attempted to break a security cordon and enter LHC Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s courtroom where he was heading a full bench hearing against Sher Zaman Qureshi, the head of the bar association of the LHC Multa

Ten militants sentenced to death and nine others jailed for 20 years each by a court in Bangladesh on Sunday for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000. The convicts had hatched the plot to kill Hasina in 2000 by planting a high-powered explosive device at an open ground a

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has granted nationality to at least 298 Indian emigrants in the last five years, according to the interior ministry. "From 2012 till April 14, 2017, a total number of 298 Indian emigrants have been granted Pakistani citizenship," the interior ministry said in a statement on Sa

Baghdad: A total of 17,000 Iraqi displaced people have returned to their homes in the eastern part of Mosul in the past two months, government officials said. Iraq’s Minister of Displacement and Migration Jassim al-Jaaf said on Saturday that some 17,000 people returned to their homes in the distr

Kabul [Afghanistan]: At least 86 insurgents belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been killed in airstrikes and ground operations by the Afghan National Defense and Security forces. The security forces have carried out at least 41 airstrikes and 33 ground operations against the

San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to take two months of paternity leave when his second daughter is born. Zuckerberg announced his leave in a Facebook post late Friday, saying he had also taken two months leave when his first daughter, Max, was born in 2015. “I will always be g

London[UK]: Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai has posted a tweet, announcing she is “so excited” after being accepted to study at the World’s prestigious Oxford University. The 20-year old tweeted, “So excited to go to Oxford!! Well done to all A-level students – the hardest year. Best wishes f

Kabul [Afghanistan]: The security forces neutralized two key leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghanistan branch of the terrorist group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. As per Khaama Press report, the incident took place after the insurgents launc

Baghdad, [Iraq]: Three days after the United States-led coalition pounded their locations in Salahuddin province, Islamic State (IS) militants attacked three military bases on Wednesday and eliminated ten soldiers. According to Xinhua News, six suicide bombers wearing explosive vests carried out

CANBERRA: The Australian agency overseeing the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 released two new reports on Wednesday, which may help pinpoint where the Boeing 777 disappeared. The underwater search for the missing jetliner, which vanished in 2014, was called off in Ja

KANO, NIGERIA: Three women suicide bombers blew themselves up at the entrance to a camp for displaced people in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 82, local sources said. The attack -- the latest in a string of assaults in the troubled region -- took place in the town of

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledged to liberate “every inch” of Iraq’s land from Islamic State (IS), confirming that Iraqi troops are preparing for a new offensive. “We will not leave a single inch of the land of Iraq in the hands of Daesh (IS) terrorists,” Abadi said at a press

Ukraine denied on Monday that it had ever supplied defence technology to North Korea, responding to an article in the New York Times that said North Korea may have purchased rocket engines from Ukrainian factory Yuzhmash. Concern that North Korea is close to achieving its goal of putting th

Beijing: China on Monday warned of a possible trade war with the US if Washington begins investigating alleged Chinese trade practices in bilateral commerce. US President Donald Trump had notified his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that the investigations could begin on Monday, Efe news reported.

Several senior members of Islamic State’s central Asian affiliate were killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. The attack on Thursday killed Abdul Rahman, identified by the US military as the Kunar provincial emir for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan, according to

QUETTA:  A bomb exploded near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, the latest attack to hit the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan. Middle East-based ISIS, which has a branch of loosely affiliated fighters in Afghanist

Jakarta: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island Sumatra on Sunday but there was no tsunami risk, seismologists said as panicked residents fled their homes. The quake hit at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) at 10:08 am (0308 GMT) 73 kilometres west of Bengkulu, accordin