An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced the provincial chief of a radical Islamist group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terror organization to 11 years in prison.


Indonesia terror cell leader jailed for 11 years


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A youth in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Thursday surrendered before the police seven months after joining the militant ranks, police said.


J&K youth quits militancy after 7 months


Three militants were killed on Thursday in Keran sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district where the army foiled an infiltration bid, Defence Ministry said.


3 militants killed as army foils infiltration bid on LoC


Four militants were killed and eight security personnel injured in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.


Four militants killed in Kashmir (Third Lead)


A Maoist guerrilla carrying a bounty of Rs 25 lakh surrendered in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Thursday. He was active in three states -- Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.


Maoist with Rs 25 lakh bounty surrenders in Jharkhand


One of the three militants who had fired at two persons on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district before escaping, was killed on Thursday, police said.


J&K highway attack: Militant killed, officer among 3 injured


Three militants who fired at two persons on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district before escaping were tracked down to a house in Reasi district on Thursday, police said.


Militants involved in J&K highway attack traced, gunfight on


A search operation is on for the second day on Thursday to trace three militants who fired at a CRPF trooper and a forest guard on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district before escaping.


Search on for militants involved in J&K highway attack


Rome, Sep 12 (IANS/AKI) Libya's UN-backed Premier Fayez al-Sarraj accused "foreign powers" of destabilizing the oil-rich country in an interview with Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper on Wednesday.


'Foreign powers' blamed for Libya's instability


At least seven people were killed on Wednesday and 35 others wounded in a car bomb explosion near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, officials said.


Car bomb in Iraq kills 7


A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and a forest guard were injured on Wednesday when militants attacked a checkpost on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, police said.


2 injured in J&K highway firing


Afghan authorities on Wednesday raised the death toll in a suicide bomb attack on protesters in Nangarhar province to 68 and the number of wounded to 165.


Death toll in Afghanistan suicide attack rises to 68


The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the house arrest of five right activists arrested for their alleged links with the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).


SC extends house arrest of five right activists


At least 58 Taliban militants were killed and several others wounded following separate air and ground operations in Uruzgan  and Kandahar provinces, officials said on Wednesday.


58 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan


A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured on Wednesday in a firing by a lone gunman on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district, police said.


CRPF trooper injured in J&K firing


Turkey's Permanent Representative to the  UN Feridun Sinirlioglu has voiced opposition to the looming offensive on Idlib, Syria, the last rebel-held stronghold in the war-torn country.


Turkey opposes Idlib offensive at UN


US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have attended an observance in Pennsylvania -- the site of where a fourth plane crash had crashed on September 11, 2001.


White House pays tribute to 9/11 victims


The Security Council on Tuesday observed a moment of silence for victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States 17 years ago.


UNSC observes moment of silence to mark 9/11 anniversary


At least 32 people were killed and 128 wounded on Tuesday in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province  following a devastating suicide bomb attack on protesters who were calling for the dismissal of a police commander.


32 killed in suicide attack on protesters in Afghanistan


A Maoist carrying a bounty of Rs two lakh on his head on Tuesday surrendered in Jharkhand's Khuti district, police said.


Dreaded Maoist surrenders in Jharkhand


A teenager was killed and four civilians were wounded in three separate explosions on Tuesday near two schools for girls in Afghan province of Nangarhar, officials said.

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