Quetta blast claims four lives including brother of Afghan Taliban leader
Aug 16, 2019, at 11:33 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): In a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast inside Kuchlak Madrassa, 25 kms away from Quetta in Pakistan, four people, including the brother of a Afghan Taliban leader, were killed and several got injured.
Pakistan: Blast rocks mosque near Quetta, 4 killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 07:48 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least four people were killed and 22 others were injured when a bomb blast rocked a mosque in Pakistan's Quetta area on Friday, media reports said.
At least 8 Taliban militants killed in N Afghanistan clash
Aug 16, 2019, at 07:06 pm
Maimana, Aug 16 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight militants and four security personnel were killed and 14 others including eight insurgents wounded, following a fierce clash in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, an army source said Friday.
Bangladesh: Two die as lightning strikes them
Aug 16, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Dhaka, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least two people died as lightning struck them in Bangladesh's Jamalpur area on Friday, media reports said.
Quetta: Blast hits mosque, four people killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): A blast rocked a mosque close to Pakistan's Quetta town and left at least four people killed on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Blast rocks a madressah in Quetta, 5 killed
Aug 16, 2019, at 04:26 pm
Quetta, Aug 16 (IBNS): At least five people were killed as an blast rocked a madressah located in Kuchlak area close to Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.
Aug 15, 2019, at 02:27 pm
Islamabad, Aug 15 (IBNS): Escalating his attack against India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the international community of "severe repercussions" in the Muslim world if the Narendra Modi government resorts to ethnic cleansing in the "Indian-occupied Kashmir".
Three Taliban sympathizers arrested by security forces in Kabul
Aug 15, 2019, at 02:10 pm
Kabul, Aug 15 (IBNS): Three Taliban sympathizers have been arrested by Afghanistan security forces during an operation in Kabul city of the South Asian country, media reports said.
Bus mishap leaves six dead in Bangladesh
Aug 15, 2019, at 12:47 pm
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IBNS): A Cox Bazaar-bound picnic bus veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree and left six people killed in Bangladesh, media reports said on Thursday.
Nine Taliban Terrorists killed, wounded in Helmand
Aug 14, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Kabul, Aug 14 (IBNS): Six Taliban terrorists killed and three others injured in a clash with Afghan National Police (ANP), officials said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Security officials arrest key member of Haqqani terrorist network
Aug 14, 2019, at 04:30 pm
Kabul, Aug 14 (IBNS): During an operation conducted in Kabul city of Afghanistan, security officials have arrested a key member of the Haqqani terrorist network, media reports said on Wednesday.
You are a thief: Man heckles Pakistan representative to UN in New York
Aug 13, 2019, at 12:37 pm
New York, Aug 13 (IBNS): Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, was heckled and abused by a man from his own country at an event here.
Security Forces kill 2 Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
Aug 13, 2019, at 09:17 am
Kabul, Aug 13 (IBNS): The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security killed two Taliban group leaders while conducting a raid in South-eastern Paktiya province, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan government is undertaking multiple efforts to redress Kashmir issue: Army Chief Bajwa
Aug 13, 2019, at 08:59 am
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IBNS): Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday said the country's governement has initiated multiple efforts to redress Kashmir issue.
Bangladesh: Two Jana Sanghati Samity leaders shot dead
Aug 12, 2019, at 05:59 pm
Dhaka, Aug 12 (IBNS): Two leaders of the Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS), a political outfit of the indigenous tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, were shot dead by unknown people in Bangladesh's Baghaichhari upazila, media reports said on Monday.
Taliban may want India in peace deal: Afghanistan media owner
Aug 11, 2019, at 04:09 pm
Kabul, Aug 11 (IBNS): An Afghanistani media baron has said that he feels Taliban group will want India to play a role in the peace deal connected with the South Asian nation and not act as a spoiler in the process.
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Article 370 revocation: Statue of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalised in Pak
Aug 11, 2019, at 02:48 pm
Islamabad, Aug 11 (UNI) A recently installed statue of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised in Lahore.
At least 28 dead after Typhoon Lekima lands in east China
Aug 11, 2019, at 09:47 am
Hangzhou, Aug 11 (UNI): A total of 28 people died and 20 remain missing in east China's Zhejiang Province after typhoon Lekima made landfall in the province on Saturday, local authorities said on Sunday morning.
5.5 magnitude earthquake rocks parts of Pakistan
Aug 10, 2019, at 05:57 pm
Islamabad, Aug 10 (UNI) An earthquake measuring 5.5-magnitude hit parts of Pakistan on Saturday morning, the country's National Seismic Monitoring Center said.
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency
Aug 10, 2019, at 10:26 am
New York, Aug 10 (IBNS): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
Top Sri Lankan Buddhist monks praise India for making Buddhist-majority Ladakh a Union Territory
Aug 09, 2019, at 09:15 pm
Colombo: The creation of Buddhist-majority Ladakh as a Union Territory after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state has been welcomed by Sri Lanka’s high-ranking monks, the Mahanayake Theras of the Malwatte and Asgiriya Chapters of the Siyam Nikaya.
Afghan army frees seven from Taliban custody, arrests three militants
Aug 09, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Ghazni, Afghanistan, Aug 9 (Xinhua/UNI) The Afghan army has waged an operation and freed seven people from a Taliban prison in the country's eastern Ghazni province, the provincial government saido on Friday.
Bangladesh: Five suspected terrorists arrested from Dhaka
Aug 09, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Dhaka, Aug 9 (IBNS): The Bangladesh police have claimed they have arrested five suspected “self-radicalised” members of what they said a “wolf-pack of Neo-JMB” group from country's capital Dhaka city, media reports said on Friday.
Aug 08, 2019, at 09:11 am
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed outrage at a Taliban attack in Kabul, that led to “scores” of civilians casualties on Wednesday. In a Tweet, the Mission said that such “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in heavily populated civilian areas must stop”.
Car bomb explosion rocks Afghanistan capital Kabul, 18 killed
Aug 07, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Kabul, Aug 7 (IBNS): At least 18 people were killed and 108 others were injured as a massive car bombing incident hit Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Aug 07, 2019, at 09:57 am
Kabul, Aug 7 (IBNS): An explosion rocked Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Tuesday and left five Counter-Narcotics Department of the Interior Ministry killed, emdia reports said.
Pakistan Army backs Imran Khan's government on Kashmir
Aug 06, 2019, at 05:59 pm
Islamabad, Aug 6 (UNI) Pakistan Army on Tuesday backed PM Imran Khan government's rejection of India's decisions regarding Jammu and Kashmir and said it is ready to "go to any extent" in support of the Kashmiri people.
Officer killed, 2 civilians injured as blast targets police van in E Afghan city
Aug 06, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Khost, Afghanistan, Aug 6 (Xinhua/UNI) One police officer was killed and two civilians were injured as a blast targeted a police vehicle in eastern Afghanistan's Khost city on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Haider Adil said.
Bangladesh: AC machine explosion in Dhaka leaves four hurt
Aug 05, 2019, at 04:57 pm
Dhaka, Aug 5 (IBNS): At least four people were hurt as an AC machine exploded at their residence in Dhaka's Kathalbagan area on Monday, media reports said.
Taliban terrorists behead disabled man in Afghanistan
Aug 04, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Kabul, Aug 4 (IBNS): The Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan have beheaded a disabled man in Sar-e-Pul province of the country, media reports said.