Pakistan-based terror groups threat to region: US
The US State Department has said that the Haqqani network and other terrorist groups that operate inside Pakistan and along the Afghan border are a continued security threat to the…
11 dead, 3 missing in Japan after typhoon
At least 11 were killed and three missing due typhoon in northern Japan. Nine people were found dead inside a home for elderly people in a flood-hit town of Iwaizumi…
Kurdish fighters announces truce with Turkey; US welcomes
UNITED STATES has welcomed a pause in fighting between Turkish and Kurdish forces in northern Syria, urging them to focus on fighting so-called Islamic State. A US military spokesman described…
Obama cuts short the sentences of 111 federal inmates
WEB DESK US President Barack Obama has cut short the sentences of 111 federal inmates, in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offences. Earlier this month,…
Typhoon Lionrock makes landfall in northeastern Japan
TOKYO/ A strong typhoon slammed into northeastern Japan on Tuesday, leading to heavy rain and generating high waves that caused flooding along the Pacific coast. Lionrock made landfall in northeastern…
71 killed in suicide bomb attack on army camp in Yemen
At least 71 people were killed and 98 wounded when an Islamic State group rammed his explosives-laden car into an army recruiting centre in Aden in Yemen, yesterday. The Islamic…
Bangladesh SC reconfirms death sentence of Jamaat’s Mir Quasem
AMN The Supreme Court in Bangladesh today rejected the review petition of death convict war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami top leader Mir Quasem. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of…
Counter terrorism an important objective of India and US: Parrikar
agencies Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said countering terrorism is an important objective shared by India and the United States. Addressing a joint news conference with US Defence Secretary Ashton…
Obama, Putin likely to meet on sidelines of G20 summit
MOSCOW/ AMN U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are likely to communicate with each other on the sidelines of the G20 summit to be held in China…
Explosion at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyztan
WEB DESK An explosion in the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyztan has left several dead and wounded, according to MEDIA reports. It is located in Bishkek. The Chinese embassy in the…