US drops ‘mother of all bombs on IS’ in Afghanistan
WEB DESK The US military today dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an Islamic State group tunnel complex in Afghanistan, the Pentagon informs after the operation. The…
Syrian students protest outside UN headquarters over US strike
Hundreds of Syrian students gathered today outside the United Nations headquarters in Damascus to protest last week’s US strike on a government air base. Demonstrators waved the two-star flag of…
Turkey: Large explosion strucks police headquarters
A large explosion has struck a police headquarters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey. Reports speak of at least four people injured. The city is at…
UN Security Council to vote on Syria gas attack probe
The UN Security Council will vote today on a draft resolution demanding that the Syrian government cooperate with an investigation of the suspected chemical attack last week in Idlib province.…
Nepal: New Constitution amendment bill to address concerns of Madhesi
Nepal government has presented a new constitution amendment bill to take agitating Madhesi parties on board before May 14 local elections. The bill was registered at the parliament secretariat by…
Syria war: G7 rejects sanctions on Russia after ‘chemical attack’
WEB DESK G7 nations have rejected a call by Britain for sanctions against Russia in the wake of a deadly chemical attack. They say the attack was carried out by…
Camp housing 1,500 migrants in north France destroyed in fire
A camp housing 1,500 migrants in northern part of France has been destroyed in fire. At least 10 people were injured when the fire tore through closely-packed huts at the…
Egypt police kill 7 suspected IS followers
Security forces in Egypt killed seven suspected Islamic State terror group sympathisers planning attacks against Coptic Christians. Interior ministry said the group was hiding in the southern province to prepare…
UN chief urges new bid to end Western Sahara dispute
WEB DESK UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by holding a referendum on Morocco’s rule over the…
US Navy strike group heads toward Korean waters amid N Korea nuclear threat
The US military has ordered a navy strike group to move towards the Korean peninsula, amid growing concerns about North Korea’s missile programme. US Pacific Command described the deployment, now…