The Somali government on Thursday announced that it has officially regained control and management of its airspace after 27 years being run by the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regional office in Nairobi.


27 years on, Somalia regains control of airspace management


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Taking a lesson from the September 29 stampede that claimed 23 lives at Elphinstone Road station here, the Western Railway on Thursday inducted 232 trained security personnel to man 34 critical foot-overbridges and control crowds on the suburban network.


Special security for commuters on WR's Mumbai foot-overbridges


Two foreign journalists who were jailed for flying a drone near Myanmar's Parliament will be released on January 5, the authorities said on Thursday.


Myanmar to free journalists jailed for flying drone


Three militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit were  arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday, police said here.


Three LeT militants held in J&K


The Berlin police on Thursday launched a search operation for four convicts who escaped from a local prison through a hole in the wall.


Convicts escape from Berlin prison through hole in wall


Children caught in war zones are increasingly being used as weapons of war -- recruited to fight, forced to act as suicide bombers, and used as human shields, Unicef has warned.


Children increasingly used as weapons of war: Unicef


South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that the wartime sexual slavery issue of "comfort women" cannot be resolved by a 2015 agreement with Japan.


Wartime sex slavery issue can't be resolved by 2015 deal: S.Korea


The Australian government has spent more than $8 billion on weapons and military equipment from the US in the past four years, a report has found.


Australia spends over $8 bn in 4 years on US-made weapons


The former owner of a confectionery factory in Moscow shot dead a security guard and injured three people on Wednesday, Russian investigators said.


1 killed in shooting at Moscow factory


Pakistan's powerful Army would be shifting its General Headquarters from Rawalpindi to the capital city with the allotment of over 1,000 acres of land to it, a media report said.


Pakistan Army to get 1,000 acres for new GHQ in Islamabad


Argentine Cabinet officials have honoured the crew of the submarine ARA San Juan, which disappeared last month, during a naval ceremony here.


Missing Argentine sub's crew honoured at memorial service


The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached properties worth Rs 26.6 crore belonging to controversial defence consultant and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and others under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) in the National Capital Region.


ED attaches assets of defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari worth Rs 26 cr


The Border Security Force has seized fake Indian currency notes of the face value of Rs two lakh in Rs 2,000 denominations from West Bengal's Malda district and arrested one person, an official said on Tuesday.


Fake Rs 2,000 notes seized by BSF, one arrested


A farmer in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, has been struggling hard to free his daughter from the fortified walls of molestation-accused 'godman' Baba Virendra Dev Dixit's Ashram in Delhi.


'Save my daughter from the 'Baba', they have hypnotised her', a Rajasthan father's plea


Tribals in Manipur's Ukhrul district staged a protest against the lobbing of a hand grenade on Friday night in the heart of the district headquarters, officials said on Saturday.


Tribals in Manipur protest lobbing of hand grenade


Security agencies were put on high alert in border areas of Punjab on Saturday after intelligence inputs on infilteration of terrorists into Indian territory from neighbouring Pakistan, informed sources said.


Terror inputs puts securitymen on alert in border areas in Punjab


National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden is back, this time with an app called "Haven" that will transform any Android smartphone into a sensor that can detect intrusions.


Snowden's 'Haven' app turns smartphone into surveillance device


Coming under intense scrutiny for failing to prevent alleged Russian propaganda from spreading on its platform during the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook has introduced a tool that lets some users check if they interacted with such posts in the run up to the election.


New Facebook tool lets users check interaction with Russian posts


Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Friday stressed on accelerating the pace of police reforms to face new challenges in future.


Accelerate pace of police reforms: Rijiju


The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) -- a strategic road construction body under the Ministry of Defence -- has lost over 2,576.53 km of road works to other agencies since the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government came in power in 2014, revealed an RTI.


BRO lost 2,500 km road projects to other agencies since 2014: RTI


The Adarsh Housing Society, built on defence land in posh Colaba area of Mumbai, is a 31-storey building which was originally meant to provide homes for war heroes and war widows of the 1999 Kargil War.

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