Tag: attacks
Nigeria forces killed 35 people in attacks on villages: Amnesty
ABUJA: Nigerian Air Force killed at least 35 people in attacks on villages in the northeastern state of Adamawa in December, Amnesty International said...
‘Daesh landlord’ charged with harbouring terrorists in first Paris attacks trial
PARIS: The first trial stemming from the November 2015 Paris terror attacks opens Wednesday when Jawad Bendaoud appears in court, charged with harbouring two...
Russia denies responsibility behind Syria chemical attacks
MOSCOW: Russia rejected Tuesday fresh US accusations that it bears responsibility for recent chemical attacks by the Syrian government, calling instead for a new...
World powers to pressure Syria against chemical attacks
PARIS: Diplomats from 29 countries including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meet in Paris on Tuesday pushing for sanctions and criminal charges against...
Turkish forces push into Syria, Kurdish militia repulsed attacks
AZAZ: Turkish ground forces pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, the army said, after Turkey launched artillery and air strikes on a...
‘Paigham-i-Pakistan’ fatwa endorses call for countering terrorism
President says according to Islamic teachings, extremism, bloodshed, suicide-bombing were categorised as spreading evil on earth
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says terrorism has no...
Police constable shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: A police constable was killed on Tuesday by unidentified men on Quetta's Raisani Road, in another alleged attack on law enforcers in Balochistan.
The attack...
Chile guarantees Pope’s safety despite church attacks
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis will not be at risk during his trip to Chile this week, despite a series of attacks at Catholic churches in...
Syrian troops repel terrorist attacks in Aleppo, Idlib and Hama
ALEPPO: Syrian servicemen and militia have repelled attacks by the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group and regained control over seven settlements near the town of...
After Trump’s attacks, Bannon finds himself with few friends
WASHINGTON: Following his brutal disavowal by President Donald Trump, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s dream of spearheading a new US political movement...
Drone strike kills two near Pak-Afghan border
PESHAWAR: At least two suspected militants, including a commander, were killed on Tuesday when a US drone targeted a house at Ghuaz Garhi, near to...
Bangladeshi NYC subway attacker ‘was inspired by ISIL Christmas attacks’
NEW YORK CITY: The Bangladeshi suspect in Monday’s pipe bomb explosion beneath New York’s Times Square is an angry former limousine driver who learned to...
China’s embassy in Pakistan warns of ‘terror attacks’ on its nationals
Embassy says "such notice won’t affect our people-to-people exchanges and all cooperation between China and Pakistan"
BEIJING: China on Friday warned its nationals in...
At least 22 Afghan policemen killed as Taliban attack checkpoints
KANDAHAR: A series of Taliban attacks over six hours on more than a dozen Afghan checkpoints killed 22 police and wounded 15 in the southern...
France mourns Paris attack victims, two years on
PARIS: France on Monday marked two years since its worst-ever terror attacks when terrorists killed 130 people in Paris and injured hundreds of others.
"Two...
US ‘deliberately lying’ about alleged attacks in Cuba: foreign minister
WASHINGTON: Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday accused anyone claiming attacks took place against US diplomats in Havana of “deliberately lying,” echoing comments he made last...
Deadly attacks rock Somalia capital
Mogadishu: Security forces in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have ended a 15-hour siege of a hotel stormed by armed militants.
The gunmen entered the building...
