UN rights chief requests 'one time only'deferral of key report on Sri Lanka conflict

Feb 17, 2015, at 01:59 pm

New York, Feb 17 (IBNS) At the request of the top United Nations rights official, the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council today agreed to temporarily hold off its consideration of a long-awaited report into alleged rights violations during the conflict in Sri Lanka for six months, until September 2015.

Afghanistan: 13 cops killed during clash with militants

Feb 17, 2015, at 04:37 am

Kandahar , Feb 16 (IBNS): At least 13 policemen were killed during a clash with militants in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan attack: FIR registered against TTP commander

Feb 15, 2015, at 01:43 am

Islamabad, Feb 14 (IBNS): Pakistan authorities have registered an FIR against Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) commander Umar alias Narayin connection with the Imamia Masjid Imambargah attack case on Saturday, media reports said.

20 killed in Pakistan mosque attack

Feb 14, 2015, at 02:36 am

Peshawar, Feb 13 (IBNS): In a suicide attack targeting Imamia Masjid Imambargah in Hayatabad area of Pakistan's Peshawar city, at least 20 people were killed and 55 others were injured on Friday.

Pakistan: 19 killed in Peshawar mosque attack

Feb 13, 2015, at 11:41 pm

Peshawar, Feb 13 (IBNS): In another brutal terror attack, at least 19 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured as suicide attackers and gunmen attacked an imambargah or mosque in the Hayatabad area of Pakistan's Peshawar city during Friday prayers, media reports said.

Pakistan courts rejects 26/11 mastermind Lakhvi's bail

Feb 13, 2015, at 10:15 pm

Islamabad, Feb 13 (IBNS): A Pakistan court on Friday cancelled 26/11 mastermind and top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakir-ur Rehman Lakhvi's bail.

Pakistan: 8 killed, 56 injured in Peshawar mosque attack

Feb 13, 2015, at 09:28 pm

Peshawar, Feb 13 (IBNS): At least eight people were killed and 56 were injured in a powerful blast near an imambargah or mosque in the Hayatabad area of Pakistan's Peshawar city during Friday prayers, media reports said.

Pakistan: Blast derails train, 15 injured

Feb 12, 2015, at 09:58 pm

Jacobabad, Feb 12 (IBNS): At least 15 people were injured as four coaches of a train derailed after a blast damaged the tracks close to the Dillmurad Railway Station near

Afghanistan: 5 militants killed

Feb 10, 2015, at 08:39 pm

Kabul, Feb 10 (IBNS): At least five militants were killed as they attacked the police headquarters in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Tuesday.

Pak PM calls for reforms in civil bureaucracy

Feb 10, 2015, at 01:24 am

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed his concern and dissatisfaction over the performance of the country's civil bureaucracy, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban commander killed in drone strike

Feb 09, 2015, at 11:16 pm

Kabul, Feb 9 (IBNS): A Taliban commander has been killed during a US drone strike in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Bangladesh: Dhaka-Kolkata train attacked,no casualty

Feb 09, 2015, at 01:53 am

Dhaka, Feb 8 (IBNS): Amid a BNP-sponsored blockade in the country, several petrol bombs were hurled at the Dhaka-Kolkata ‘Maitree Express’ train in Bangladesh's Pabna district on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Four soldiers killed in explosion

Feb 04, 2015, at 03:46 am

Peshawar, Feb 3 (IBNS): At least four security personnel were killed in an explosion at Warmagai area in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Toddler raped, killed in Karachi

Feb 04, 2015, at 03:33 am

Karchi, Feb 3 (IBNS): A one-and-a-half-year-old girl has been raped before being killed in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said on Tuesday.

Seven killed in Bangla bomb attack on bus

Feb 03, 2015, at 10:42 pm

Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb 3 (IBNS) At least seven passengers were killed and 16 injured when miscreants threw crude fire bombs on a bus in what is said to be a political attack on a national highway in Comilla district of Bangladesh on Tuesday.

Bangladesh: Blast close to Zia's office

Feb 01, 2015, at 04:49 am

Dhaka, Jan 31 (IBNS) Two crude bombs were blasted close to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan office here on Saturday, media reports said.

UN chief condemns deadly bomb attack on Shia mosque in southern Pakistan

Jan 31, 2015, at 08:44 pm

New York, Jan 31 (IBNS) Condemning the deadly bombing on Thursdayof a Shia mosque in Sindh province in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored this “vicious targeting of people on account of their religious affiliation,” and called on the Pakistan authorities to step up their efforts to protect religious minorities and combat terrorism.

Pakistan: 33 killed, 55 injured in Shia mosque explosion

Jan 30, 2015, at 11:52 pm

Shikarpur, Jan 30 (IBNS): At least 33 people were killed and 55 others were injured in an explosion inside a Shia mosque in Pakistan's Sindh province while the weekly Friday prayers were on, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast in funeral ceremony kills 5

Jan 30, 2015, at 01:49 am

Kabul, Jan 29 (IBNS): At least four people were killed in a bomb blast during the funeral ceremony for an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Thursday, media reports said.

Pakistan Air Force operation kills 10 militants

Jan 28, 2015, at 03:29 am

Islamabad, Jan 27 (IBNS): At least 10 militants were killed during a operation conducted by Pakistan Air Force in the country's Khyber tribal region on Tuesday, media reports said.

Pakistan: 35 militants killed in air strikes

Jan 27, 2015, at 03:52 am

Islamabad, Jan 26 (IBNS) At least 35 militants were killed as Pakistan conducted air strikes in the country's North Waziristan area, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan freezes Hafiz Saeed's JuD's bank accounts

Jan 22, 2015, at 11:45 pm

Islamabad, Jan 22 (IBNS): In an attempt to combat against terrorism, the Pakistani government on Thursday said the bank accounts of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) have been frozen and also imposed foreign travel restrictions on the group's leader and 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, reports said.

Afghanistan: 23 militants killed

Jan 21, 2015, at 09:00 pm

Kabul, Jan 21 (IBNS) At least 23 militants have been killed during militant operations in Afghanistan's Tashguzar area, media reports said on Wednesday.

Bangladesh: WhatsApp, mypeople, Line blocked

Jan 20, 2015, at 06:15 am

Dhaka, Jan 19 (IBNS): The Bangladesh government has blocked three instant messaging and VoIP applications in the country on Monday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 4 suspected ISIS members sent to police custody

Jan 20, 2015, at 05:25 am

Dhaka, Jan 19 (IBNS): A Bangladesh court on Monday sent four suspected ISIS members to five days' police custody, media reports said.

Blockade will continue: Zia

Jan 20, 2015, at 05:09 am

Dhaka, Jan 19 (IBNS) BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday announced that the nonstop countrywide ongoing blockade will continue.

Four militants killed in Pakistan drone attack

Jan 19, 2015, at 10:51 pm

Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Jan 19(IBNS) Four suspected militants were killed in drone strike in northwest Pakistan on Monday.

Pakistan: Two Taliban men sentenced to death

Jan 18, 2015, at 03:38 am

Lahore, Jan 17 (IBNS): A Pakistan court on Saturday sentenced to death two men belonging to two Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) , media reports said.

Peshawar school massacre detainees probed

Jan 18, 2015, at 01:22 am

Kabul, Jan 17 (IBNS) The Afghan security forces are currently investigating five men who have been detained for their alleged involvement in a Pakistani school which killed 132 school students last month, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: UN-backed mine clearing project reports 34 killed during 2014

Jan 16, 2015, at 01:42 pm

New York, Jan 16 (IBNS) The United Nations-supported Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan (MAPA) has said on Thursday that while 2014 could prove to have been a major turning point in the country’s long and tortured history, it was also a year that had inflicted “immense and unprecedented tragedy” on the programme’s personnel.