At least three killed in Afghan hotel attack: Official
Herat (Afghanistan), Jul 13 (AFP) Attackers entered a hotel in western Afghanistan on Saturday and killed at least three security forces in an ongoing incident, an official told AFP. The attack was underway in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province, having started around 12:40 pm (08:10 GMT) when a group of men, some wearing suicide vests, […]
Militant belonging to ISJK apprehended in Bijbehara Anantnag
Anantnag: An active militant has been apprehended by forces in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. According to sources a militant identified as Zubair Ahmed alias Dada. He is a resident of Wopzan Bejbehara. According to aources he is an ISJK affiliate. Officials are yet to provide their account of the event.
Man held along with suspicious objects in Shopian
Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a person along with some suspicious substances including rods in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police official told GNS that the person namely Amir Amin Bukhari was arrested during a raid at his house in Bala Nowpora, Keegam. The officer further said that some suspicious substances […]
Nepal floods death toll touches 28, 16 still missing
Kathmandu, Jul 13 (PTI) The death toll from the Nepal floods caused by the monsoon rains on Saturday reached 28 with over 16 persons still missing, officials said. Heavy monsoon rains for the past few days have left many settlements at high risk of floods and landslides in several places in Nepal. Transportation has also been […]
Any misadventure by Pakistan Army will be repelled with punitive response: Army chief
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) Any misadventure by Pakistan Army will be repelled with punitive response and no act of terror will go unpunished, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Saturday. Speaking at an event on ’20 Years after Kargil Conflict’, Rawat said Pakistan Army, time and again, resorts to misadventure, either through state-sponsored terrorism or […]
Somali forces end extremist siege of Kismayo hotel; 18 dead
Mogadishu, Jul 13 (AP) Somali forces Saturday morning ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo as death toll has risen to 18 people, including a prominent Canadian-Somali journalist, officials say. At least four al-Shabab assailants attacked the Asasey Hotel Friday evening, beginning with a suicide car bomb at the […]
New Zealanders give up weapons after mosque killings
Christchurch, Jul 13 (AFP) Dozens of New Zealanders handed in their firearms Saturday as a gun buyback scheme went into operation aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. The first of more than 250 collections to be held nationwide was in Christchurch, where 51 Muslim worshippers were […]
Governor Malik skips official function at martyrs’ graveyard in Srinagar
Srinagar, July 13 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday skipped the official function at the Martyrs’ graveyard here and instead deputed his advisor for paying homage to the people killed in firing by forces of Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh on this day in 1931. Malik’s predecessor N N Vohra had also skipped […]
Istanbul, Jul 13 (AP) Turkey has continued receiving components of a Russian-made air defence system for a second day, despite Washington’s warnings that it will impose sanctions on the NATO-member country. Turkey’s defence ministry tweeted Saturday the landing of a fourth Russian cargo plane in Murted Air Base, near the capital, Ankara. On Friday, the ministry […]