ISIS seeking bases inside Lebanon, says security chief
ISIS militants holed up in the Qalamoun mountains on the Syrian-Lebanese border are seeking to gain control of nearby Lebanese villages to support their fighting positions, the head of Lebanon’s…
Israel freezes $125 million tax funds to Palestinians
Israel has started implementing economic sanctions against the Palestinian authorities and is looking at ways to prosecute senior Palestinians for war crimes in the United States and elsewhere in reaction…
Saudi Arabia to reopen Baghdad embassy after 25-year chill
DUBAI: A Saudi delegation will travel to Baghdad in the coming week to start preparations to reopen an embassy in the Iraqi capital for the first time in 25 years, official…
Grenade lobbed at Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan
HERAT: Unknown assailants hurled a grenade at the Pakistani consulate in Herat, Afghanistan on Saturday evening, Afghan news channel Tolo News reported. According to initial details, the grenade was lobbed at the consulate…
Another False Flag: Terrorists may hijack Delhi-Kabul Air India flight, intelligence agencies warn
NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies have warned that a Delhi-Kabul flight may be hijacked by terrorists. The input is quite specific and also mentions that an Air India flight could be…
Swaraj writes to Aziz; dismisses Pak charges
NEW DELHI - A day after India rejected Pakistani allegations that BSF soldiers had opened fire on Rangers who had come for a flag meeting in the Jammu sector, External…
Action against TTP, its supporters launched
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Saturday that action had been launched against the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), its supporters and sympathisers Speaking at a press conference,…
India wants to engage Pakistan in ‘low-intensity war’: Asif
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has said that India wants to engage Pakistan in a “low-intensity war”, expressing confidence that Pakistan is capable of replying to any aggression. “It…
Suicide bombers among 31 killed in Khyber air raids
PESHAWAR: At least 31 militants, including would-be suicide bombers, were killed on Saturday when fighter jets pounded their hideouts in a militant-infested valley of Khyber Agency, the military said in a…
‘Extraordinary circumstances’: Two-year ‘security emergency’ proposed
ISLAMABAD:A day after the political leadership evolved a much-needed consensus on military courts, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said he has proposed the government declare an “unscheduled national security…