New Delhi/Islamabad: Pakistan has claimed to have shot down an Indian surveillance drone. This drone had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and entered the Chirkot sector in Kashmir. India wanted to collect the information about the positions of the Pakistani soldiers through surveillance drone. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan claimed that […]
Damascus/Moscow: A Russian made ‘AN-26’ transport aircraft crashed at ‘Hmeymim’ airport in north-western Syria killing 39 people, which includes military officers. Within a short time of the crash, Russia announced that the crash was due to technical snag, dismissing the possibility of an attack on the aircraft. According to the Russian government news agency, the […]
Damascus/ Geneva: 24 people were killed in the air attack carried out by the Syrian army in Douma in Eastern Ghouta. The conflict that continued for the last 18 days has taken 804 lives in all including 178 children. Syrian President Assad has ordered to intensify the military campaign with this attack. The Syrian army, […]
Washington: The United States had taken the harsh decision to stop the military aid to Pakistan for avoiding to act against the terrorists. The US State Department has expressed regret that in spite of this there seem to be no decisive and consistent changes in Pakistan’s policies. Pakistan has held the United States responsible for […]
Srinagar: There is perceptible tension in Jammu-Kashmir (JK) after the encounter in the Shopian district. Six people including two ‘Lashkar–e–Taiba’ terrorists were killed in the encounter. The separatists claimed that four others killed in the encounter were civilians and observed a shutdown on Monday. JK government also expressed concern over the killing of four civilians. […]
Washington/Geneva: ‘The five-hour ceasefire, declared by Russia, to rescue the civilians trapped in the ‘Eastern Ghouta’ conflict, is a mockery of the Syrian public. Russia should follow the UN’s ceasefire orders.’ reminded the US Secretary of State. This US criticism towards Russia was against the backdrop of the attacks by the Syrian army in this […]
Ankara/Istanbul : Turkey has deployed soldiers in the ‘Afrin’ region of Syria for action against the ‘Kurds’. The Turkish army declared that this deployment of ‘Special Forces’ is a beginning of a new phase inthe Turkish military action. Meanwhile, the United Nations and the European Union has appealed that Russia and Turkey should observe the […]
London: A senior British counter terrorist official has expressed his candid opinion that ‘Extremists need to be kept away from their children’. ‘Scotland Yard’ Chief Mark Rowley pointed out that, it was a contradiction that ‘children of sexual offenders were separated from their parents for safety reasons, but children of radical extremists were allowed to […]
Islamabad: The US made it crystal clear that it will not be satisfied unless Pakistan makes a resolve to finish all the terrorist groups. Lisa Curtis, deputy assistant to the President and Senior Director for South and Central Asia in the US National Security Council, visited Pakistan to deliver this message. She delivered this message […]
Damascus: The conflict in ‘Eastern Ghouta’ near the Syrian capital of Damascus is acquiring increasingly alarming proportions. The Iranian news agencies are alleging use of chemical weapons in the conflict which has already claimed more than 500 lives in the last 10 days. These news agencies blamed the Syrian rebels and terrorists that have support […]