Fourteen police officers were killed and 19 civilians were injured Wednesday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, 120 km east of Kabul, Xinhua quoted a spokesman for the provincial administration as saying.“It was a suicide car bombing at around 5 p.m.…

Four men riding two motorcycles Monday shot dead a Saudi consulate officer in Pakistan’s Karachi city, only five days after grenades were hurled at the consulate, police said.Hassan al-Qahtani, who headed the consulate’s security division, died instantly when a bullet tore through his head,…

Leaders across the country Wednesday mourned the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu in a helicopter crash.Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, who served briefly as Arunachal Pradesh governor between September 2007 and January 2008, said Khandu came across as “a transparent and warm-hearted…

US President Barack Obama has decided not to release photos of killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s body saying, “We don’t trot out this stuff as trophies”.Announcing Obama’s decision “not to release any of the photographs of deceased Osama bin Laden”, White House…

US President Barack Obama watched the real action unfold live on a TV screen as a US commando gunned down Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in a safe house in Abbottabad in Pakistan early Monday. He broke the news to the world later that…

Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta warned Monday that Al Qaeda without Osama bin Laden is still dangerous.”The terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him, and we must – and will – remain vigilant and resolute,” Panetta, who is going…

The first possible clues to the missing helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu emerged with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Monday claiming to have located metallic objects at a place called Nagarjiji near the Sela Pass in Tawang district.“According to the…

The condition of Andhra Pradesh legislator and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi remained critical Sunday, a day after he was stabbed and shot at by his rivals, doctors attending on him said.According to the medical bulletin issued by Care Hospital here, the legislator…

Russia will double its production of ballistic missiles from 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday in his annual address to the Russian parliament – his last before legislative elections later this year and presidential elections early next year.“The armed forces will receive new…

Pakistan Tuesday successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range, surface-to-surface nuclear capable missile, the army said.Nasr, a ballistic missile of Hatf series, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead can hit targets up to 60 km, reported Geo News.“This quick response system addresses the need…