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India has identified Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, as the mastermind of the Pathankot terror attack on January 2, 2016. (Photo: AP)

Masood Azhar's health condition deteriorating; undergoes regular...

Masood Azhar is suspected to be afflicted with renal failure and is under regular dialysis at an army hospital in...

2 March 2019 12:15 PM IST

To send back seven of around 40,000 Rohingyas, of whom about 14,000 are registered with UNHCR, seems like tokenism but thats not so.

UN urges Bangladesh not to close door to Myanmar refugees

The United Nations on Friday stressed that refugees fleeing conflict should be granted safe haven.

2 March 2019 9:15 AM IST

Two security officials confirmed that members belonging to foreign forces present at the base were safe as the Taliban could not breach walls of their compound. (Photo: AP | File))

Afghan forces clash with Taliban to retain control over military base

At least nine Taliban insurgents, including three suicide bombers, were killed by the Afghan forces.

1 March 2019 7:27 PM IST

About 150,000-200,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshs Coxs Bazar are at risk from flooding and landslides during the monsoon season. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh tells UN it will no longer take in Myanmar refugees

Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar.

1 March 2019 2:03 PM IST

Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed was on Thursday addressing a Joint Session of Pakistan Parliament on Indian Aggression. (Photo: Twitter/Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed)

Pakistan minister opposes IAF pilot's release, says India could attack...

Railway Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed admitted that terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed has a camp in Jabba in...

1 March 2019 1:07 PM IST

Air Deccan aircraft landed at the airport here on a trial run from Agartala.

Pakistan to re-open airspace today

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) temporarily restored Pakistani airspace for commercial aviation, allowing some...

1 March 2019 11:25 AM IST

Masood Azhar is in Pak', admits foreign minister, then says he is very...

'According to my info, he is very unwell to the extent that he cannot leave his house because he is really unwell,'...

1 March 2019 10:48 AM IST

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi over the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, underlining that Germany is very concerned about the current state of affairs. (Photo: ANI)

Combat terror outfits operating in your soil: Germany to Pakistan

The perpetrators behind Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir should not 'walk free' and be brought to justice, said German...

28 Feb 2019 8:18 PM IST

(Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Motive of Pak's strike was to show we have capability to hit back:...

'If we take to war neither I nor Modi would be in position to control. This is why I suggest that better sense should...

27 Feb 2019 4:22 PM IST

The Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that all 6 on board including the tourism minister are dead in a chopper crash. (Photo: Twitter | Rabindra Adhikari)

Helicopter carrying Nepal's Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari, 5...

'We do not have any more information right now,' Home Secretary Prem Kumar Rai told reporters.

27 Feb 2019 3:07 PM IST

The US military has reported several unsafe interactions with Russian jets in the skies over the Black Sea in recent months. (Photo:AP)

'All pilots accounted for,' says India, rejecting Pak claim of 2 jets...

Military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed in a tweet that one of aircraft crashed in PoK while other fell...

27 Feb 2019 12:24 PM IST

Even though Pakistan has denied Indian Air Force had ambushed terror camp and cause heavy casualties, Islamabad vowed to respond at the time and place of its choosing and will raise issue at the United Nation and other international forums. (Photo: PTI)

Pak warns India of 'surprise', calls Nuclear authority meeting: report

Apart from the National Command Authority meet, Pakistan government has also called a joint session of Parliament on...

27 Feb 2019 10:57 AM IST