Kabul: At least seven militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday afternoon. The drone targeted a hideout in Haska Mena district of the province, Afghanistan‘s news channel Tolo News on Tuesday quoted a spokesperson for the p

Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar to meet with the civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Francis will address Suu Kyi and other Myanmar authorities and the diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw. It remains to be seen, how Francis bridges the local Catholic concerns with his legacy of speaking out for oppress

Martin Strid, a Swedish democrat, spewed venom on Muslims exposing his anti-Islam attitude. The comments were made while addressing party faithful gathered for Swedish democrats National conference. His party members have distanced themselves from the comments made and Martin is now likely to face P

Kabul : At least 13 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were killed in an airstrike by the United States forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the Khaama Press, the 201st Silab Corps in the East, confirming the attack, said the hideout of the terror group was

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday hailed his country’s “fruitful cooperation” with Arab nations, as fears over Iranian influence appear to drive one-time adversaries closer together. “Our fruitful cooperation with Arab countries is in general secret, but I am confid

London: Twenty-four-year old Mickey Sage, who hunted for Muslims with a 10-inch knife, and claimed to become “a martyr for England”, has been imprisoned. According to the police, Sage “pulled a knife on people asking them if they were Muslim” in Camberwell Green on June, 7. While taken by the off

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook Ula district in Turkey's southwestern Muğla province late Wednesday. No casualties have been reported. The quake hit the Aegean city at 23.22 and there are no casualties or damage following the 5.0 magnitude quake, Muğla Governor Esengül Civelek said in a stat

MAR DEL PLATA: Argentina's navy said Wednesday it was investigating an unusual noise detected in the South Atlantic hours after it last communicated with a missing submarine, but refused to confirm whether it indicated an explosion. The development came as the clock was ticking down on hopes of f

CHENNAI: Having already gained kudos as a policy wonk in the field of transportation, 38-year-old Shefali Ranganathan of Chennai has now achieved another distinction. She has been named Seattle deputy mayor. Ranganathan was selected by mayor-elect Jenny Durkan to head her transition team, along w

Singapore: An Indian-origin former army Warrant Officer was sentenced to four months and three weeks in jail on Monday for abusing and beating her Indian maid. K. Rajakumari, 57, repeatedly abused her maid in 2012, and once, even hit the latter with a plastic hanger until it broke. Rajakumari, wh

London: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday for his pre-trial extradition hearing. The 61-year-old businessman, out on bail on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard earlier this year, had been exempt from appearing before th

India has responded to Pakistan’s proposal allowing former Indian naval official Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife on humanitarian grounds, a senior MEA official confirmed on Saturday. The confirmation of the Indian response came hours after Pakistan announced the receipt of the Indian letter, e

New Delhi: Massive anti-Pakistan protests are being held across Gilgit Baltistan against illegal taxation by the Pakistani regime on Saturday. According to ANI, a large number of residents, small traders and businessmen today joined the protest against unfair taxation policy of the Pakistan gover

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested 19 people after violent clashes erupted in Galle District between the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities. A police curfew had been imposed in six areas across the district in order to control the situation. A police official told X

Baghdad: Iraqi forces said they retook the last town in the country still held by the Islamic State group near the border with Syria today in a lightning offensive. Government troops and paramilitary units “liberated the whole of Rawa and raised the Iraqi flag on all of its official buildings,” G

Abuja: Four suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people and wounded many others in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The attackers, who included women, detonated their explosives in the Muna district, BBC reported on Wednesday citing the police. No group has said it was behind the attack. How

New Delhi: Japan will simplify its visa rules from January 1 next year for Indians and issue multiple- entry-visa for short-term stay, a move which is expected to benefit tourists and business persons as well as repeat visitors, the Japanese embassy said today. The relaxed visa regime will not on

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Aziz on Tuesday have expressed barring Muslim women from covering their hair or wearing headscarves by some International Malaysian hotels as “imbecilic” and “unconstitutional”. The issue came to light after the Malaysian Labour Centre of