Islamic State militants slaughtered at least 20 foreigners, including an Indian girl, with sharp weapons before security forces rescued 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen on Saturday morning, ending a long drawn-out overnight siege at a Bangladesh cafe popular with both locals as well as foreign visitors, officials said....
Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday morning rescued some 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen, ending a long drawn-out siege at a cafe in Dhaka that began Friday, officials said. The standoff between government forces and suspected Islamic State militants, which also left two policemen dead, began Friday evening after heav...
Tamil Nadu Police have arrested a youth in Tirunelveli district alleged to be the killer of female software engineer with Infosys, S. Swathi, a top Chennai police officer said on Saturday. Briefing reporters here about the arrest of 22-year-old P. Ramkumar, Chennai Police Commissioner said: "Ramkumar used to follow Swathi. He was infatuated w...
Alarmed by the terror attack in Dhaka in neighbouring Bangladesh, the government on Saturday sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. Official sources said here that the Union Home Ministry has directed the Border Security Force (BSF) and other agencies to keep strict vigil ...
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday vowed to root out terrorism from the country after Islamic State terrorists laid siege to a Dhaka cafe that left six of the militants dead while 13 hostages were rescued. In an address to the nation after the end of the 12-hour-long overnight siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan area i...
As terrorists struck a massive blow in the region Friday, India called for quick action to adopt the long-stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and expressed disappointment that the General Assembly failed to push for its early adoption. Speaking at the General Assembly while Islami...
Terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed that its gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 40 of them in the attack at a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital late Friday. ...
Rome's first-ever woman mayor, Virginia Raggi, had a private audience on Friday at the Vatican with Pope Francis and said she was overwhelmed by his "profound humanity"....
Goals from Ashley Williams, Robson Kanu and Sam Vokes sent Wales into their first major semi-final in history when they won 3-1 against Belgium in the second quarter final match of Euro 2016 here....
Terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility of the attack at a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital late Friday in which a number of gunmen, said to be eight to nine, reportedly took several hostages. ...