Tag Archives: terrorism

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin says an explosion at a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was a terrorist act, and that another attack in the city had been foiled by the country’s security service. A bomb went off in a branch of the Perekrestok supermarket, wounding at least 13 shoppers ...

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Sunday took aim at the United States for putting pressure on Pakistan saying that Pakistan was not “in habit of taking notices from anyone”. He stated while addressing an inauguration session of six-nation speakers conference in Islamabad. The Senate chairman said that Pakistan is ...

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled that a ban ordered by Donald Trump on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries and two other countries could be immediately imposed while multiple court cases challenging the ban are resolved. The ultimate disposition of the ban was expected to take months to resolve. But ...

The United Kingdom (UK) has linked the extradition of Mohsin Ali Syed, one of the suspects in the Imran Farooq murder case and presently in Pakistan custody, with the assurance from Pakistani authorities that the evidence to be supplied with the extradition request will not be used for the purpose ...

UK army chief meets COAS, appreciates Pakistan’s role in fight against terror | Pakistan PESHAWAR / RAWALPINDI: General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, the Chief of General Staff (CGS) UK army, met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headqaurters Rawalpindi. General Carter, who is in Pakistan ...

SINGAPORE: Police in Singapore have arrested a man suspected of planning to join Daesh-linked fighters in the Philippines and a woman who was in contact with foreign militants, the government said. Singapore, regarded as the most stable country in Southeast Asia, has become increasingly concerned about the risks of radicalization ...

The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, said that Pakistan has done enough in the war on terror and now it is time for the world to do more for combating terrorism. Addressing a ceremony at the General Headquarters to pay a tribute to the martyrs of the ...

US President Donald Trump’s strategy for Afghanistan will meet the same fate as the plans of his predecessors, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said. In an interview to Bloomberg, Abbasi said: “From day one we have been saying very clearly that the military strategy in Afghanistan has not worked ...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani reacting over the statement of US warned Vietnam and Cambodia like situation over any misadventure. The chairman said, “Pakistan people have quality and custom like Vietnam and Cambodia, if President of US wants that Pakistan should be graveyard of American army, then we will welcome ...

PARIS: The incident at the world-famous tourist landmark was designated a terrorism case because of the suspect’s statements to police, in which he said he wanted to attack a soldier, and his apparent radicalisation, the source said. No one was injured in the incident that occurred around 11.30pm on Saturday ...