Baghdad, March 14 Iraqi security forces fighting to free the besieged city of Tikrit plan to clear it of Islamic State (IS) militants within 72 hours, a militia spokesman said on Saturday. The city “will be liberated within 72 hours,” Karim al-Nouri, a leading figure of the Shia party Badr Organisation and the spokesman of […]
Sao Paulo, March 14 Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets nationwide in support of President Dilma Rousseff and state-controlled oil company Petrobras ahead of anti-government rallies planned for Sunday, Efe news agency reported. Labour unions, leftist activists and students held peaceful marches on Friday in cities in 24 of Brazil’s 27 states, including Sao […]
Beijing, March 14 No further deadly stray firing incidents should happen near the Myanmar border or the Chinese military will take “firm and decisive action” to protect the safety of its people, senior Chinese military leader Fan Changlong said on Saturday. Fan, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while speaking with […]
Islamabad/New Delhi, March 13 The Islamabad High Court on Friday declared the detention orders of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, as illegal and ordered his immediate release, triggering strong reaction from India which summoned the Pakistan envoy in New Delhi to lodge its protest. The issue also figured in […]
Islamabd, March 13 Pakistan launched an indigenously developed armed drone on Friday, test-firing laser-guided missiles, the military said. The “Burraq and Barq” drone, which has impressive pinpoint accuracy, has all-weather and multiplied capability against terrorists, Xinhua news agency reported citing an army statement. Army chief Gene. Raheel Sharif, who attended the launching ceremony, witnessed the […]
New Delhi, March 13 If China attacks India tomorrow, the situation would be something similar to the 1962 war, a strategy expert said on Friday. Sam Roggeveen, a well known strategy expert and founding editor of Australia’s Lowy Institute of International Policy’s blog, however, said there were little chances of this happening. “The situation will […]
Tripoli, March 11 Libya’s secular parliament has requested the UN to postpone peace talks for a week to allow more time to discuss the next government’s roadmap, media reported citing a house spokesperson. “We request postponement of the dialogue session for a week to discuss the next government’s roadmap, jurisdictions, timeframe…” said Farraj Hashem, spokesperson […]
New Delhi, March 11 A special court here on Wednesday summoned former prime minister Manmohan Singh as accused in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also summoned industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary P.C. Parakh and three others as an accused in the case for April 8.
Washington, March 11 Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has jumped into a war of words between the White House and Senate Republicans over a letter to the government of Iran on a potential deal over its nuclear programme. Jindal, who is testing the waters for a 2016 presidential run, issued a call on Tuesday for […]
Washington, March 11 A sickening video released by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Tuesday purportedly shows a child executing a man, whom the group claimed to be an Israeli spy. The video identified the slain man as the 19-year-old Mohamed Sa’id Ismail Musallam, an Israeli citizen of Arab descent, according to a CNN […]