First air strikes hit Libya’s militia-held Misrata
Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out their first air strikes Sunday against militia-held third city Misrata, a spokesman said. Colonel Ahmed Mesmari said the strikes were in…
Missing AirAsia plane ‘likely at bottom of the sea’
The AirAsia plane which went missing with 162 people on board en route for Singapore is likely at the bottom of the sea, Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief…
IS executed ‘2,000 people in six months’
BEIRUT: The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organisation said on Sunday.…
Taliban claim Nato ‘defeat’ in 13-year Afghan war
KABUL: The Taliban responded scornfully Monday to the formal end of Nato's war in Afghanistan, describing the US-led mission as a “fire of barbarism and cruelty” that had drowned the…
Attempt to blow up train foiled in Quetta
QUETTA: Police defused two bombs at the main railway track running through the Sariab area on Saturday night, apparently planted to blow up the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express. Police said they…
Creating panic: Crude bomb blast kills woman in India’s high-tech capital
NEW DELHI: A crude bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in India’s high-tech capital of Bengaluru on Sunday, killing a woman and wounding a man, police said. The low-intensity blast occurred…
Regional security: Islamabad, Kabul to ‘reactivate’ border coordination centres
ISLAMABAD:In a sign of growing military-to-military cooperation under the Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government, Islamabad and Kabul have decided to ‘reactivate’ border control centres to coordinate operations against militants. Senior Pakistani…
7 terrorists, 13 Afghans among 195 arrested
FAISALABAD/NOWSHERA/SWABI - In a countrywide search operation against terrorists, the security forces arrested 195 suspects including seven terrorists and 13 Afghan nationals. The police also recovered hand grenades, explosives, other…
US formally ends war in Afghanistan
KABUL/WASHINGTON - The United States and NATO formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for…
Strategic location: Foreign investors flocking to Gwadar port
ISLAMABAD: The Gwadar deep seaport has been a place of interest for national and foreign investors, particularly from China and Central Asian states, in the outgoing year. In 2014, four high-level…