Thousands flee IS offensive in northern Syria: Monitor
The offensive against the towns of Marea and Azaz threatens to overrun the last swathe of territory in the east of Aleppo province held by non-jihadist rebels and bring IS to the doorstep of the Kurds' Afrin enclave.
May 29, 2016, 16:47 PM IST
US to provide mutual legal assistance training to counter terrorism
In partnership with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Mumbai Police, the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will provide India's top counter-terrorism investigators and prosecutors through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between the two nations.
May 19, 2016, 18:01 PM IST
Hiroshima atomic bomb victims want apology from Barack Obama
Victims of the atomic bombings of Japan want an apology from US President Barack Obama when he visits Hiroshima next week, the head of a survivors` group said Thursday.
May 19, 2016, 17:31 PM IST
US Senate passes bill allowing terror victims to sue terrorists' country
The US Senate on Tuesday adopted unanimously a proposed bill that would allow Americans to sue nation-states for terrorist attacks on US soil, despite opposition from the White House and allies such as Saudi Arabia.
May 18, 2016, 00:09 AM IST
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Observing that countries like Russia and China are modernising their militaries to close the gap they have with the US, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday said the Pentagon is spending heavily to develop next generation of technology to stay ahead of the curve.
May 18, 2016, 00:02 AM IST
Libya unity govt says it wants warplanes to fight Islamic State militants
Libya's unity government called on Tuesday for warplanes and helicopters to fight jihadists as it hailed international support for granting it an exemption to a longstanding embargo on weapons sales.
May 17, 2016, 23:58 PM IST
World and regional powers set immediate, modest Syria goals
Outlining other results, US Secretary of State John Kerry said participants set a June 1 deadline for the resumption of humanitarian aid to areas cut off from the outside world.
May 17, 2016, 20:29 PM IST
'US trying to sow discord between China and India'
India and China last month held the 19th round of talks to resolve the border dispute stretching along the 3488 km long Line of Actual Control (LAC).
May 16, 2016, 20:25 PM IST
Pakistan's Defence Minister accuses India of supporting terrorists
The US Congress has initiated a move to block USD 450 million in aid to Pakistan for failing to "demonstrate its commitment" and taking action against the Haqqani terror network.
May 15, 2016, 20:29 PM IST
Islamic State attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11
An Islamic State attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad`s northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and forced two power stations it supplied to suspend electricity production.
May 15, 2016, 20:02 PM IST
PM speaks to Mahatma Gandhi's grandson living in Delhi old-age home; Kanubhai calls himself 'Modi bhakt', slams Sonia
Union Minister Mahesh Sharma on Sunday met Kanubhai, the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi's third son Ramdas, at an old-age home in Delhi.
May 15, 2016, 19:36 PM IST
China increasing ‘force posture’, troops on Indian border, warns US
China's expanding international economic interests are increasing demands for the PLA Navy (PLAN) to operate in more distant seas to protect Chinese citizens, investments, and critical sea lines of communication.
May 14, 2016, 22:38 PM IST
Shocking! Three US teens live-stream sex acts on Facebook
On January 14, 2016, four juvenile students viewed a livestream on the social media website using their cell phones during health class at 1 pm.
May 14, 2016, 18:04 PM IST
Boko Haram `still a threat` despite counter-insurgency gains: Francois Hollande
Nearly seven years of violence have left at least 20,000 dead and left more than 2.6 million homeless, devastating infrastructure in Nigeria`s remote northeast and creating a humanitarian crisis.
May 14, 2016, 17:14 PM IST
US, Afghan forces rescue kidnapped son of ex-Pak PM Yousuf Raza Gilani
The son of Pakistan's ex-prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was on Tuesday rescued from the clutches of Taliban militants in a joint raid by the US and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, three years after he was abducted from his hometown in Pakistan's Punjab province.
May 10, 2016, 21:23 PM IST
London mayor rejects Donald Trump's Muslim exception offer
London's first Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday hit out at Donald Trump for signalling that he would exempt him from his proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the US, saying his "ignorant" comments play "into the hands of extremists".
May 10, 2016, 21:17 PM IST
China scrambles fighters as US sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef
China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a US navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defence installations in the area were necessary.
May 10, 2016, 21:14 PM IST
Germany to increase troops for first time since Cold War ended
Germany is raising the number of its troops for the first time since 1990, ending a quarter of a century of successive cuts in the army since the end of the Cold War.
May 10, 2016, 20:58 PM IST
Barack Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima
Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry became the highest ranking US political figure to visit Hiroshima.
May 10, 2016, 20:22 PM IST
Afghanistan faces tough battle as Haqqanis unify the Taliban
A shadowy, Pakistan-based militant faction is on the rise within the Taliban after its leader was appointed deputy and played a key role in unifying the fractured insurgency.
May 07, 2016, 23:13 PM IST
