Cairo - Four soldiers were killed today after an explosive belt went off during a combing operation in the western desert of Egypt.
The army destroyed two vehicles of terrorists in El-Wahat el-Bahariya, an oasis in the western desert of Egypt, (...)
Karachi (Pakistan) - Nearly 100 people were killed and dozens injured tonight when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up inside the crowded shrine of revered Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan town, some 200 kms northeast of Karachi, in a (...)
Sun Group, India's one of the leading international trading and consultancy organisations, is considering to set up a USD 40 million phosphate production plant in Egypt. The plant to be set up in cooperation with Phosphate Misr and other Egyptian (...)
The deadly mass shooting in California this week carried out by a Pakistani-origin couple has put the focus on radicalisation in Pakistan and its madrasas.
Pakistani national Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her Pakistani-American husband Rizwan Farook, 28, (...)
US President Barack Obama has discussed recent UK Parliament vote that authorised airstrikes against ISIS militant group's targets in Syria with British Prime Minister David Cameron, the White House has said.
"Obama welcomed the outcome of the vote (...)
Soon after the deadly shooting in California, a flurry of tweets by supporters of IS boasted of the terror group's connections to the attack in which 14 people were killed and 21 others injured.
In a report, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (...)
More than 100 countries have signed a "Code of Conduct" pledging not to vote against a credible UN Security Council resolution seeking to prevent or end genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.
The initiative was launched on Friday, the eve (...)
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the US government if he becomes president.
The former Florida governor on Thursday said that in general, he believes torture is (...)
American leadership is essential for a more peaceful world and it can not be achieved without a strong US military, leading Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has said as he termed president Barack Obama's foreign policy as "Alice in (...)
Sahara-based Islamist militant group al-Mourabitoun has claimed responsibility for a hotel siege in central Mali at the weekend in which 17 people died, Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
The attack began early on Friday (...)
Riding on the firming trend overseas, gold continued its upward journey for the third straight day and rose by Rs 25 to trade at Rs 25,200 per ten grams at the bullion market today.
Besides, pickup in demand at prevailing levels by jewellers and (...)
Afghan Taliban will not change its decision to appoint Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the group's chief as he was elected by a "clear majority" with only a "few people" opposing him, Mullah Omar's former spokesman has said.
"The 'Amirul Momineen' (leader (...)
The Islamic State plans to take over large parts of the world, including almost the entire Indian subcontinent, by the next five years, according to a chilling map that features in a new book on the dreaded terror group.
According to the map, the (...)
Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on Friday, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. The explosions, which devastated buildings and (...)
In the last one year, the US and its allies have made considerable progress in degrading the capabilities of the Islamic State (IS) terror group that has gained control over a large territory in Libya, Syria and Iraq, the White House said on (...)
In a veiled warning to Iranian nuclear scientists, Israel has said it will act "in any way" to stop Iran from acquiring atomic weapons and considers Tehran an "existential threat".
Israel's Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon in an interview to German (...)
Malian forces have arrested five people suspected of involvement in an attack that left 11 soldiers dead, but the release of a former top jihadist sparked outrage among human rights groups.
The latest arrests come as the west African country, which (...)
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday said one of its guerrillas carried out a deadly suicide bombing against troops in eastern Turkey as a reprisal for the alleged bombing of a civilian village.
Two soldiers were killed and 31 were (...)
Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg has contributed US $1 million to support former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
The contribution has gone to Clinton's 2016 Super PAC (Political Action Committee), which is a (...)
LONDON - Britain's fraud investigation agency has launched a hunt to identify the millions of pounds in money and assets secretly stashed in the country by deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his family, a media report said Sunday.
Mubarak's (...)