Zakharchenko elected as head of Donetsk People’s Republic
Acting prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, has been elected as head of the DPR. “With 100% of the ballots counted,...
Pakistan airlifts relief supplies to Sri Lanka landslide victims
COLOMBO: The first cargo of relief materials worth Sri Lankan rupees 100 million from Pakistan for the landslide victims of Sri Lanka arrived here today....
Terror Alert: Al Qaeda attack India thruogh sea, IB says
KOLKATA: A major terror alert has been issued at Kolkata port on Tuesday, Nov 4. Intelligence Bureau (IB) issued alert pertaining to a terror threat...
Indian army attack on Ashura Juloos, 2 people killed
SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the authorities had imposed curfew and stringent restrictions in Srinagar and Budgam districts to prevent people from taking out Aashura processions,...
Saudi Arab: Firing on Majlis 5 killed, 30 injured in Al Ahsa
RIYADH: Gunmen shot dead at least five people in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Tuesday in an attack on Shia during one of their most...
Bangladesh party urges strike over death sentence
A prominent religious party in Bangladesh has called on supporters to hold a nationwide strike against the death sentence handed down to its leader. The...
Turkey migrant boat sinks in Bosphorus, killing 24
At least 24 people have been killed and scores are missing after a boat said to be carrying migrants sank off the north coast of...
US bombs Isis positions in Syria and Iraq
US fighter and bomber planes have launched five attacks against Islamic State militants near Kobani, Syria, and five in Iraq. The Kobani strikes “suppressed or...
Republicans battle for the Senate in US mid-term elections
Americans go the polls today for the midterm elections with the Democrats fearing major losses which could profoundly effect President Obama’s final years in office....
Hurriyat leaders condemns restrictions on Ashura procession
SRINAGAR: Paying tributes to the martyrs of Karbala Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday condemned the restrictions placed on the Ashura procession. Ashura...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to visit Pakistan on Nov 14
KABUL: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai will reach Pakistan on November 14, 2014 to discuss the reconciliation process in Afghanistan. According to diplomatic sources,...
Clashes in occupied Kashmir over Muharram procession ban
Occupied Kashmir: The J&K police and the CRPF on today once again enforced a security clampdown in summer capital Srinagar, this time to hold back...
Boat sinks off near Istanbul; 24 dead
ISTANBUL: A boat carrying suspected migrants from Afghanistan and Syria sank Monday just north of the Bosphorus Strait off the coast of Istanbul, leaving at...
Outer Delhi tense as Muharram march banned
DELHI: Days after communal riots hit east Delhi, tension is simmering in another part of the capital with a group of villagers resolving not to...
BJP announces first list for Jammu and Kashmir polls
Former Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda and former deputy chief minister Raghuvar Das were named in the first list of candidates announced by BJP on...
Canada launches first air strikes against ISIS
Canadian fighter jets dropped bombs over Iraq late Sunday night, Iraqi time, Defense Minister Rob Nicholson announced in a statement from Ottawa. “Today, Canada’s CF-18s...
Renewed clashes grip Burkina Faso amid calls for calm
Protesters demanding that the newly installed military government step aside clashed with security forces in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday as regional leaders pleaded for...
BSF on high alert after Wagah blast
AMRIRSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were put on high alert along the India-Pakistan international border Sunday evening after a massive blast left 59 people...
Curfew like situation continues in Srinagar on Sunday
SRINAGAR: On Sunday as authorities imposed curfew like restrictions to prevent the 8th Muharram processions. Inspector General Police Kashmir Range A G Mir told. Restrictions...
Shah Abdullah issues warning to Israel
JORDAN: In speech to parliament, King of Jordan vows to protect Muslim holy sites in occupied Bait ul Maqdis, where the blood of our martyrs...