Afghanistan government forces free 10 civilians from Taliban jail
May 11, 2019, at 05:21 pm
Kunduz, Afghanistan, May 11 (Xinhua/UNI) The Afghan National Army commandoes conducted an operation and freed 10 civilians from a Taliban prison in the country's northern province of Kunduz, a military source said Saturday.
Bangladesh to be among top 20 growing economies by 2014
May 11, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka, May 11 ( UNI) Finance Minister of Bangladesh AHM Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said Bangladesh will be among the top 20 growing economies of the world by 2024.
Former woman TV journalist of Afghanistan killed by gunmen in Kabul
May 11, 2019, at 03:16 pm
Kabul, May 11 (IBNS): A former woman journalist from Afghanistan and a cultural advisor to the Wolesi Jirga (lower parliament) was killed by unknown gunmen in Kabul city, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh: One held for raping minor
May 10, 2019, at 05:32 pm
Dhaka, May 10 (IBNS): At least one person was arrested for allegedly raping a minor in Bangladesh's Chandraganj upazila, media reports said.
Pakistan: Three Chinese nationals suspected of fake marriages arrested from Islamabad
May 10, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Islamabad, May 10 (IBNS): Three Chinese national have been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from the Islamabad airport over their suspected involvement in the fake marriages and human trafficking in Pakistan, media reports said.
Lahore Blast: Pakistan security forces arrest four suspects
May 10, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Islamabad, May 10 (IBNS): Pakistani security forces have arrested four suspected people during a late night raid on Thursday in Lahore's Garhi Shahu area soon after agencies investigating the Data Darbar bombing traced the alleged suicide bomber to the locality, media reports said.
May 10, 2019, at 04:18 pm
Kabul, May 10 (IBNS): A senior Taliban leader who in charge of the ‘Kangaroo Court’ of the group in North-western Ghor province was killed by Afghanistan security forces on Friday, media reports said.
Roadside blast kills four children, injures five in Northwestern Afghanistan
May 10, 2019, at 03:51 pm
Moscow, May 10 (Sputnik/UNI) Four children were killed and five others were wounded in a landmine explosion in the northwestern Afghan province of Faryab, local media reported on Friday, citing the provincial police spokesman.
ISIS group member arrested from Afghanistan
May 10, 2019, at 09:28 am
Kabul, May 10 (IBNS): Security officials in Afghanistan have arrested a wounded terrorist group ISIS member following a brief clash in eastern Nangarhar province of the country, media reports said.
Opposition Pheu Thai Party wins most seats in Thailand
May 09, 2019, at 12:40 pm
Bangkok, May 9 (UNI): The opposition Pheu Thai Party has won the most seats in Thailand's first election since a military coup in 2014, the country's Election Commission says.
Biman plane skids off runway at Yangon airport, no casualties
May 08, 2019, at 11:03 pm
Yangon, May 8 (IBNS): Several passengers were injured when a Biman Bangladesh aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at Yangon International Airport on Wednesday evening.
Afghanistan : Twelve people injured in Kabul blast, says Afghan ministry of public health
May 08, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Kabul, May 8 (Sputnik/UNI) The Afghan Ministry of Public Health told Sputnik on Wednesday that at least 12 people were injured in the explosion in Kabul, which targeted the office of the Counterpart International in Afghanistan, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Lanka not yet free of global terrorism, warns PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
May 08, 2019, at 05:18 pm
Colombo, May 8 (UNI) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that despite restored normalcy due to the swift government action after the church attacks, the threats of global terrorism were not over in the country.
Pakistan: Asia Bibi leaves her country after blasphemy acquittal
May 08, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Islamabad, May 8 (IBNS): Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was acquitted by the Supreme Court in a blasphemy case last year, has left the south Asian nation to live in Canada where she has been reunited with her family, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Explosion hit foreign aid organization in Kabul city
May 08, 2019, at 03:31 pm
Kabul, May 8 (IBNS): A standoff is currently underway between the armed forces and gunmen who stormed the compound of an international organization in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Eight killed in Lahore blast
May 08, 2019, at 03:18 pm
Lahore, May 8 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed ad 26 others were injured as a blast hit Pakistan's Lahore city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Death toll in Lahore blast touches 8, Imran Khan condemns attack
May 08, 2019, at 03:04 pm
Lahore, May 8 (UNI/IBNS): At least eight people were killed while 25 others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a blast near Lahore’s Data Darbar, the largest Sufi shrine in south Asia, officials said.
Lahore: Four dead, 19 injured in blast outside sufi shrine
May 08, 2019, at 11:31 am
Lahore, May 8 (UNI): At least four people were killed and 19 others sustained injuries in a blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore on Wednesday morning.
Pakistan: Blast in Lahore kills 3
May 08, 2019, at 10:14 am
Lahore, May 8 (IBNS): A blast rocked Lahore city in Pakistan on Wednesday and killed at least three people,media reports said.
Sri Lankan president says 56 suspects linked to Easter explosions in custody
May 07, 2019, at 10:43 pm
Colombo, May 7 (Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday said that 56 suspects linked to the Easter Sunday terror explosions were in police custody.
Sri Lankan official says all those involved in Easter Sunday attacks have been arrested or killed
May 07, 2019, at 05:07 pm
Colombo, May 7 (IBNS): Acting Inspector General of Sri Lankan Police C.D. Wickremaratne on on Monday said all those, who were involved in the recent terror attacks in the Island Nation on Easter Sunday, have been identified and all of them were either arrested or killed.
Four district policemen including chief, killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan
May 07, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Mitarlam, Afghanistan, May 7 (Xinhua/UNI) Four police officers, including a district police chief, were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman on Tuesday, the provincial government confirmed.
Government forces kill at least 13 militants in N Afghanistan
May 07, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Pul-E-Khumari, Afghanistan, May 7 (Xinhua) At least 13 Taliban militants were killed after Afghan national army conducted a special operation in northern province of Baghlan overnight in the latest raid against the insurgents, a military source said Tuesday.
SA, Qatar groups should stop financing Muslim extremists in SL'
May 07, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Colombo, May 7 (UNI) General Secretary of the SLFP and former minister Dayasiri Jayasekara has made an appeal to Saudi Arabia and Qatar to not let extremist groups in their countries to finance Muslim fundamentalists in Sri Lanka like National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), who carried out the Easter Sunday carnage.
Sri Lanka: 'All blast suspects killed or arrested'
May 07, 2019, at 02:58 pm
Colombo, May 7 (UNI): Sri Lanka's security authorities have either killed or arrested all those responsible for the Easter suicide bombings that left 257 people dead, according to the police chief.
Terror group behind Sri Lanka blasts possessed LKR 140 million cash and assets worth LKR 7 billion
May 07, 2019, at 11:10 am
Colombo, May 7 (IBNS): In a new revelation from the investigation, police have found that the ISIS-linked Sri Lankan extremist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ) responsible for carrying out the Sri Lankan blasts possessed 140 million in cash and assets worth Rs. 7 billion, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills Taliban’s deputy commander for Uruzgan province
May 07, 2019, at 08:46 am
Kabul, May 7 (IBNS): The deputy commander of Taliban for southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan was killed during an airstrike in the country on Monday, media reports said.
Afghanistan : 14 militants killed in clashes
May 06, 2019, at 05:33 pm
Kabul, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) At least 14 Taliban militants have been killed and nine others injured in clashes in two Afghan provinces, authorities said on Monday.
35 militants join reconciliation process in E. Afghanistan
May 06, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 6 (Xinhua) Up to 35 militants, including 13 Islamic State (IS) fighters, have joined peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial government said Monday.
3 children killed in landmine explosion in W Afghanistan
May 06, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Kabul, May 6 (Xinhua/UNI) Three children have been killed and two others wounded in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, the government said on Monday.