Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent capable of ‘small-scale attacks’: US official
Washington: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a globally-banned terror group, is now probably capable of only “small-scale regional attacks”, a top American counter-terrorism official has told lawmakers. AQIS was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group’s influence in the region. In South Asia, al-Qaeda in the Indian […]
London put on COVID-19 watchlist as coronavirus infection rate rises
London: London was put on a coronavirus watchlist on Friday while stricter lockdown restrictions were imposed in several other British cities as the R number, or the rate at which the infection is spreading, went further up beyond the mark of one. The R number, which indicates the average number of people each person with […]
Pandemic: At UN summit pleas for vaccine take centre stage
Johannesburg: If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual UN summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the US, China and […]
Arms drop case: Security forces alert will give reply: DGP
Srinagar: Security forces are alert to Pakistani efforts of dropping consignments of weapons and narcotics into Jammu and Kashmir along the border and they will give a befitting reply to these attempts, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said here on Thursday. The DGP, talking to reporters after the wreath laying function for a slain […]
UNSC expansion: China says ‘package solution’ citing enormous divisions
Beijing: China, which has been stonewalling India’s entry into the UN Security Council, on Thursday said there were “enormous divisions” on reforms to expand the premier body of the United Nations and expressed its willingness to work for a “package solution” that can accommodate interests and concerns of all parties. The G4 grouping comprising India, […]