London, The Islamic State (IS) militant group has released a new video showing another British journalist who says he is being held hostage by the extremists. In the video, the hostage who identifies himself as John Cantlie, is sitting behind a desk as he speaks to the camera. The hostage,Read More

Baghdad, At least 13 people were killed and 36 injured in two suicide bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a police official said Friday. A suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into a checkpoint late Thursday and blew it up near the entrance to Al-adala Camp in northern Baghdad, killing atRead More

Washington, The Congress passed on Thursday US President Barack Obama’s plan to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State jihadists, a key plank of his strategy to smash the militants. The Senate voted 78 to 22 to authorise the first step in Obama’s move to degrade andRead More

Washington, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Indian-American, Richard Rahul Verma, as the next US Ambassador to India, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington later this month. If confirmed by the US Senate, Verma, who earlier served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs andRead More

Washington, The US Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution designating September 30 as ‘US-India Partnership Day’ recognising the contribution of the two countries to one another and the relationship that will continue to help define the 21st century. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the White House onRead More

France, French jets have carried out their first air strike against Islamic State militants in Iraq, successfully destroying their target. French president Francois Hollande made the announcement, vowing that more operations would follow. “This morning at 9:40, our Rafale planes carried out a first strike against a logistics depot ofRead More

Canberra, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday said that suspected terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were planning a public beheading in the country. Abbott’s comments came after police detained 15 people in the biggest counter-terrorism raids across the country early Thursday, Xinhua reported. Abbott said that a seniorRead More

Lagos: The death toll from a collapsed guesthouse at a megachurch in Nigeria`s financial capital Lagos has risen to 80 after more bodies were pulled from the rubble, rescuers said on Thursday. The guesthouse at popular preacher and televangelist TB Joshua`s Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) came down lastRead More

Paris: France`s national rail company SNCF was charged with manslaughter on Thursday following a high-speed derailment near Paris last year that claimed seven lives and left dozens injured. The July 2013 crash at the station of Bretigny-sur-Orge, south of Paris, was caused by a faulty fishplate — a joint barRead More

Vienna: The European Union said on Thursday it was disappointed with a lack of progress by Iran in addressing concerns about its suspected atomic bomb research, pressuring Tehran to cooperate with a long-stalled U.N. watchdog inquiry. The 28-nation EU made the statement at a board meeting of the International AtomicRead More