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Dozens of IS fighters early on Monday attacked government positions south of the town of Tabqa (Representational photo: AP)

28 dead in IS counter-attack on Syria regime forces: monitor

Last week, IS fighters had sent reinforcements of fighters and weapons into Tabqa in anticipation of a fierce battle to...

14 Jun 2016 10:55 AM IST

FBI 'highly confident' Orlando gunman was 'radicalized'

Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others wounded in the attack, which was also the deadliest mass shooting in US...

14 Jun 2016 9:11 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Ministers Foreign Affairs Advisor, Sartaj Aziz (Photo: AP)

Pak case for NSG stronger than India: Sartaj Aziz

Pakistan on Monday claimed that its credentials for NSG membership are “stronger than India” if the elite...

14 Jun 2016 1:55 AM IST

Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, give a statement to the media. (Photo: AP)

Orlando shooter homophobe and wife beater

People close to 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the suspected gunman behind the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida that left...

14 Jun 2016 1:20 AM IST

Over 8,500 arrested in Bangladesh crackdown

Over 8,500 arrested in Bangladesh crackdown

Over 8,500 people, including 119 suspected militants, have been arrested in Bangladesh, the police said on Monday as it...

14 Jun 2016 12:32 AM IST

Pakistan has more nuclear warheads than India: SIPRI

Pakistan has more nuclear warheads than India: SIPRI

Pakistan continues to be ahead of India when it comes to having higher number of nuclear warheads and beats Israel as...

14 Jun 2016 12:31 AM IST

Pakistan, Afghan soldiers clash at Khyber Pass

Pakistan, Afghan soldiers clash at Khyber Pass

Tension surged between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday as a curfew was imposed in Torkham after a crossfire along the...

14 Jun 2016 12:27 AM IST

Honour killing against Islam: Clerics

Honour killing against Islam: Clerics

An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against honour killings, with a spokesman calling them...

14 Jun 2016 12:26 AM IST

Qatar rape victim convicted of adultery

Qatar rape victim convicted of adultery

Qatar is to deport a Dutch woman who was convicted of adultery on Monday and given a one-year suspended sentence after...

14 Jun 2016 12:25 AM IST

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‘Feed people, not wars,' Pope says in address to UN food agency

Francis said preventing supplies from reaching war zones was a violation of international law.

13 Jun 2016 8:29 PM IST

Hillary Clinton says US must protect national security, not demonise...

A day after the Florida nightclub massacre, Clinton said that US must find a way to safeguard country without demoinsing...

13 Jun 2016 8:10 PM IST

US probing whether anyone helped gunman in Orlando rampage

Gunman Omar Mateen, a New York-born Florida resident and US citizen who was the son of Afghan immigrants, was shot and...

13 Jun 2016 8:10 PM IST