London, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday that the deployment of Typhoons and two further Tornados would double the number of British fighter jets taking the fight against the Islamic State militant group. IS terrorists have again been struck by British Royal Air Force aircraft, with Typhoon fighters jets used for the first […]
Washington, US President Barack Obama will address the nation on Sunday on steps to fight terrorism in the wake of California shooting attack, the White House said. Obama will provide an update on the ongoing investigation into Wednesday’s attack in Californian city of San Bernardino in which two shooters killed 14 people and injured 21 […]
Islamabad, The Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour said in an audio message that he was alive and safe after Afghanistan officials claimed that Mansour was killed in a scuffle in Pakistan. “There is no truth in the rumours that I was either injured or killed in the infighting at Pakistan’s Kuchlak area. This […]
Islamabad, Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour has reportedly died and Taliban has appointed Moulavi Haibatullah Akhunzada as the new caretaker chief, Xinhua quoted Pakistani TV “Channel 24” as saying on Friday. According to the reports, Mansour succumbed to the injuries he sustained on Wednesday in a gunfight following a harsh argument during a meeting […]
Islamabad, Pakistan early Wednesday hanged four convicted terrorists linked to last December’s massacre at an army school which left more than 150 people dead, mostly school children. The convicts were sentenced to death by a military court and are the first to be hanged in relation to the attack. Taliban militants stormed the army run […]
Colombo, The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said the accountability process to investigate war crimes during the 30-year civil war in the island nation will begin next month. Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga, who heads the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation, said the government was committed to achieving reconciliation and justice, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Islamabad, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday opposed a military solution to the Afghan problem a day after he held an ice-breaking meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Paris where they attended the UN Climate Change Conference. Both leaders had an opportunity to discuss security issues with particular focus on peace and reconciliation […]
Beijing, Chinese stocks opened mixed on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to open at 3,433.86 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.25 percent higher at 11,991.7 points, Xinhua news agency reported. The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.36 percent to open at 2,658.97 points.
Beijing, At least 10 people were killed in a gas poisoning incident in China’s Shandong province, government said. The incident happened at 5.50 p.m. (local time) on Sunday in a stainless steel company in Zouping county, Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 17 people were hospitalised, according to a statement from the local government. […]
Washington, US President Barack Obama on Sunday said he was “optimistic” about sealing a global climate agreement at the upcoming two-week UN conference in Paris. “What makes this gathering different is that more than 180 nations have already submitted plans to reduce the harmful emissions that help cause climate change,” Obama said in a Facebook […]