Iraqi forces enter IS-held neighbourhood in west Mosul
Iraqi forces have entered a neighbourhood in West Mosul for the first time since launching an operation to retake it from Islamic State (IS) five days ago. It comes a…
Syria: 60 killed in suicide attack
WEB DESK At least 60 people were killed when a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village near Al-Bab town in Syria, Friday.…
Bangladesh PM Hasina to visit India in April
AMN /DHAKA Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India in the first half of April this year. This was stated when visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar paid…
India’s Foreign Secy holds talks with Bangladeshi PM
AMN India’s Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar called on the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka last evening and discussed recent developments in Indo-Bangla relations and the region. During the…
Pakistan: 9 killed in blast near Lahore defence area
AMN / At least nine people were killed and 35 others injured, some of them critically in a bomb blast in Lahore’s Defence area today. Spokesman for the provincial Punjab…
Uzbekistan’s Journalist freed after 18 years in prison
A journalist and opposition activist in the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan, Muhammad Bekjanov, has been freed after serving 18 years in prison. He was convicted of attempting to kill…
Astronomers discover 7 new Earth-sized exoplanets that may sustain life
WEB DESK Astronomers have discovered for the first time seven new Earth-sized exoplanets that may be able to sustain life. Lead researcher Michael Gillon, with the University of Liege in…
India again asks China to declare Masood Azhar as terrorist
TIA NEWS India has once again told China about the urgent need to declare JeM chief Masood Azhar as a proscribed terrorist. Foreign Secretary Dr S. Jaishankar in a meeting…
India approves investment proposal for 3-Hydro Electric Project in Nepal
AMN / New Delhi India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved investment proposal for 3-Hydro Electric Project on Arun river in Nepal. Briefing the mediapersons about the Cabinet…
Hafiz Saeed a serious threat to Pakistan: Pak Defence Minister
AMN Pakistan has said that Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed can pose a serious threat to the nation, and was thus placed under house arrest. Addressing an international security conference at…