New York: UN’s top peacekeeping official has came out in defence of India’s Lt Gen Iqbal Singh Singha, who has come in for strong criticism from the Philippines military over his handling of operations in Syria after UN troops had come under attack from rebel forces. Filipino media reports saidRead More

Newport/Donetsk: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in Ukraine`s east. The breakthrough came after a week in which the pro-Moscow separatists scoredRead More

Libiya, Eleven planes missing from a Libya airport are raising fears that militants who stole the jetliners could use them in terror attacks to mark the 9/11 anniversary. Intelligence agencies have warned the jets could be used in attacks in North Africa, and said one or more of the planesRead More

Islamabad , At least 40 people were killed and dozens others injured in separate accidents triggered off by torrential rains in Pakistan’s Punjab province and Kashmir area Thursday, a media report said. Punjab’s provincial capital of Lahore was the worst-hit area where the heavy downpour killed 35 people and injured many othersRead More

Cape Town, South Africa has bowed to Chinese pressure and declined to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, forcing him to cancel his attendance at a gathering of Nobel Laureates in Cape Town. This was the third time that South Africa has denied a visa to the spiritual leader ofRead More

Jerusalem: The Israeli military attacked a Syrian Army position after a mortar shell fired across the border landed in the northern Golan Heights Thursday afternoon. Initial review of the incident suggested that the shell had most likely been fired by mistake, a result of the civil war in Syria, XinhuaRead More

Syria, Isis now controls territory the size of the UK, is making £600,000 a day from selling oil and ransoming hostages and has a fighting force of 10,000 militants, according to a leading expert. Matthew Olsen, a senior US counter-terrorism official, said the Islamic State, also known as Isis, wasRead More

The future of Europe may rest on whether NATO can recover its roots. With Russian President Vladimir Putin “land grabbing” and violating international law, the alliance is finding itself “brought back to its core,” says Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO’s former secretary general. But it isn’t prepared. When NATO wasRead More

Kabul,The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday in a dawn attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including 10 policemen asleep in their quarters nearby. The assault followed a stark message from the Taliban to world leaders gathered atRead More

London, Canada will continue to keep a tight lid on defence spending, but remains committed to military missions aimed at curbing radicalism abroad, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an audience in London Wednesday. Harper made the comments during a discussion at Mansion House in London ahead of a NATO summitRead More