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Afghan policemen keeping watch following blasts at a Shia cultural centre in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

ISIS cells operate in Kabul under noses of Afghan and US forces

The militants meet at night to discuss jihad, or holy war, and plot attacks on targets in the city they know well.

11 Jan 2018 1:49 AM IST

Taha Siddiqui, who reports for France 24 and is the Pakistan bureau chief of Indian television channel WION, said the attempted abduction took place while he was being driven by taxi to the airport serving the capital Islamabad and the neighbouring, larger garrison city of Rawalpindi. (Photo: Twitter | @TahaSSiddiqui)

Pak journo working for Indian TV channel escapes kidnapping in...

Taha Siddiqui, known for criticising his country's military establishment, said he had narrowly escaped being kidnapped...

10 Jan 2018 6:28 PM IST

In a series of tweets, the 65-year-old former cricket captain said that he was only concerned about his children and the very conservative family of Bushra begum. (Photo: AP)

Didn't sell secrets to India': Imran fumes after Pak media trolls him...

Attacking Sharif, Imran Khan said, 'I know all their sordid personal lives, but I won't stoop to the level of exposing...

10 Jan 2018 12:54 PM IST

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat (Photo: PTI)

China silent over Army chief General Bipin Rawat remark

China and India were engaged in a 73-day tense standoff at Dokalam in the Sikkim sector which ended on August 28.

10 Jan 2018 12:40 AM IST

Chinese analysts said the Jiwani base was not necessary for China at present as it already has Gwadar. (Photo: AP)

China denies plans to build military base in Pakistan near Chabahar...

According to reports, Pak may allow China to build military base in Jiwani which is also close the Gwadar port being...

9 Jan 2018 4:12 PM IST

The usage of drones will be made for carrying out a detailed survey.

Pilotless drones attack Russian base in Syria; no casualties: Moscow

The 'terrorist' attacks took place on Friday night causing 'neither casualties nor material damage'.

9 Jan 2018 12:43 PM IST

James Mattis apologised to Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera after a string of accidents including the emergency landing of an American military helicopter in Okinawa on Monday. (Photo: AP)

US apologises to Japan over recent series of military accidents

Onodera has said he hoped to depart for Hawaii to meet top the US commander in the Pacific, Harry Harris, to discuss the...

9 Jan 2018 12:28 PM IST

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China shuts 128,000 websites containing harmful' information in 2017:...

Xinhua says 30.9 mn illegal publications were confiscated over the course of 2017, while 1,900 people were subject to...

9 Jan 2018 11:34 AM IST

A Unification Ministry official said, the North Korean delegation walked over the border inside the joint security area (JSA) to the Peace House around 0030 GMT. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korea begin talks as Winter Olympics helps break ice...

Five senior officials from each side met at the three-storey Peace House on the South Korean side of the Panmunjom truce...

9 Jan 2018 11:03 AM IST

Terrorism can not be blamed on single country: China in Pak support

Terrorism can not be blamed on single country: China in Pak support

China's support for its all-weather ally came as the US stepped up its efforts to pressure Pak to eliminate terror safe...

8 Jan 2018 6:22 PM IST

Pakistans foreign minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif

Alliance with US over, says Pak

Despite minister's hard talk, foreign secy takes conciliatory line.

8 Jan 2018 1:13 AM IST

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Monday. AFP

Fighting only option against state violence: Rohingya militants

The United Nations condemned the Myanmar military campaign as ethnic cleansing. Buddhist-majority Myanmar rejected that.

7 Jan 2018 2:36 PM IST