India’s ties with Saudi Arabia are special: PM Modi
By Andalib Akhter / New Delhi Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has said that India’s ties with Saudi Arabia are special and robust people-to-people ties constitute a key component of India’s…
EgyptAir plane with 63 people onboard hijacked to Cypurs
TIA NEWS An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport on the south coast of Cyprus. However most of the passengers on board have been…
Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
DHAKA / AMN Bangladesh’s high court Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by Muslims groups. The…
Nawaz Sharif vows ‘complete elimination’ of militants
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised in a televised address to take revenge against those responsible for the deadly Lahore attack, which saw 72 people killed and hundreds injured. At…
Pakistan blast: death toll goes up to 72
AMN / PHOTO- JASARAT The death toll in the suicide blast in Lahore’s crowded Gulshan-i-Iqbal park, in Pakistan last evening risen to 72 overnight, police confirmed today. 300 others injured…
UAE court sentences 11 to life imprisonment on terrorism charges
A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for al Qaeda and Islamic State terror group in Syria to life imprisonment.…
Pakistan: Taliban claims responsibility of Lahore bomb blast
A Taliban splinter group says it carried out a suicide attack on a park in Lahore, Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people, including children. At least 300 people were…
Explosions hit Afghan parliament compound
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan’s parliament compound today as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said. Lawmakers said…
Army called in as march proceeds towards Pak Parliament
ISLAMABAD: Web Desk The Pakistan government has deployed Army troops to control the situation in the Red Zone of the national capital after Mumtaz Qadri supporters clashed with police to…
US condemns Terror attack in Pakistan
The government of United States has strongly condemned the deadly suicide attack in Lahore. “This cowardly act in what has long been a scenic and placid park has killed dozens…