About 100 soldiers of the Afghan Special Force have gone missing in the Ghazni province, where government troops are battling Taliban militants backed by US airstrikes, authorities said on Monday.


100 Afghan soldiers go missing from Ghazni


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Ahead of the Indian and Pakistan Independence Day celebrations, authorities on Monday decided to suspend the Amarnath Yatra from Jammu for three days to ensure safety and security of the pilgrims.


Amarnath Yatra to remain temporarily suspended from Jammu


Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, on Sunday emphasized the cooperation between their two countries in the fight against terrorism in Syria during their bilateral meeting within the framework of the 5th Caspian Summit being held in the Kazakh city of Aktau.


Putin, Rohani emphasize mutual cooperation in Syria


Jordan on Sunday announced to have completed a raid by security forces against a cell of terrorists in the city of Al Salt.


Jordan completes counter-terrorist raid in Al Salt


Ten people, including two children, were injured in a shooting at a street party early on Sunday in Manchester, British Police said.


10 injured in shooting at street party in Manchester


The Taliban on Sunday continued with their offensive to seize control of the strategic easter Afghan city of Ghazni, the third day in a row on which their forces battled government troops supported by US airstrikes.


Taliban continue offensive to seize Ghazni


At least 18 people were killed on Sunday when an explosion rocked the rebel-held town of Sarmada in northern Syria near the Turkish border, a monitoring group reported.


18 killed in Syria arms depot blast


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested two youths here for alleged links with the international terror outfit ISIS.


NIA arrests two Hyderabadi youths for ISIS links


One policeman was killed and four people were injured on Sunday in a gunfight between militants and security forces here, authorities said.


Policeman killed in Srinagar gunfight


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned the US that it risked losing a "strategic partner" due to demands made by the US government that Turkey release an American pastor who was arrested on terrorism charges.


Erdogan warns US risks losing Turkey as strategic partner


The airline employee who stole a plane on Friday in Seattle and crashed soon afterward did not have any links to terrorist organizations and was seeking to commit suicide, the FBI said on Saturday.


FBI rules out terrorism in Seattle plane crash


A suicide bomber was killed during a failed attempt to attack a church in Egyptian capital Cairo, security officials sources said on Saturday.


Suicide bomber killed in aborted attack in Egypt


A security officer was killed in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Jordan's capital Amman, government officials said late on Saturday.


Officer killed, 16 injured in Jordan terror attack


A day after the Maharashtra ATS arrested three men affiliated to radical Hindu outfits for plotting terror attacks, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday asked if the RSS and BJP would condemn those outfits.


Will RSS, BJP condemn radical Hindu outfits who plan terror attacks: Chidambaram


A north Kashmir family on Saturday claimed that one of the five militants, killed in a gunfight with the Army on Thursday and passed off as foreigners, was their son.


Slain foreign militant was our missing son: Kashmir family


At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and four huge insurgents' weapons and ammunition depots were destroyed after US-led NATO coalition forces launched an airstrike in Afghanistan's Baghlan province overnight, an official said on Saturday.


20 Taliban militants killed in Afghan airstrike


The Venezuelan government has released a video in which legislator Juan Requesens is heard confessing that he helped one of the perpetrators of the attempted attack on the country's President Nicolas Maduro enter the country.


Venezuela releases confession video of Maduro attack accused


Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Friday that there are no takers for the 'Referendum 2020' campaign in Punjab and added that the proposed rally at Trafalgar Square in London on August 12 is an attempt by a handful of frustrated ISI-backed foreign based Sikhs to foment trouble in Punjab and India by raising divisive voices.


No takers for 'Referendum 2020'in Punjab: Amarinder


At least 16 people were killed as the Taliban launched a brazen attack on the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni in the early hours of Friday, seizing a number of key buildings and trading fire with security forces.


16 killed as Taliban attack Afghanistan's Ghazni city


At least four people were killed in a shooting on Friday in the Canadian city of Fredericton, police said.


4 killed in Canada shooting


The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali's plea challenging the rejection of his bail plea by a trial court in a terror funding case.

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