Sixteen Afghan Border Police personnel were killed after Taliban attacked their outpost in Takhar province on Thursday.


Taliban kill 16 Afghan police personnel


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At least eight civilians, including three minors, were killed by pro-government bombings in southern Syria, a region of the war-torn nation that has seen a surge in violence in recent days, according to activists on Wednesday.


Eight killed as bombings intensify in Syria


The Indian armed forces and security establishment must learn to "exploit cyberspace to our advantage" if the scourge of terrorism has to be defeated, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said here on Wednesday.


Army must conquer cyberspace to counter terror: Army chief


UN Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths arrived on Wednesday in the port city of Aden to broker a ceasefire between the Saudi Arabia-backed government forces and Shia Houthi rebels.


UN envoy in Yemen's Aden to broker ceasefire


Maoist guerrillas exploded a landmine in Jharkhand's Latehar district, killing six security personnel, officials said on Wednesday.


Maoists kill six security personnel in Jharkhand


After last year's attack on an unescorted bus of Amarnath pilgrims, the CRPF has this year adopted an "identify and track policy" for vehicles ferrying devotees to the annual cave shrine pilgrimage in Kashmir Himalayas beginning on Thursday.


Identify and track, CRPF's policy for Amarnath pilgrims


A special police officer (SPO) who went missing from Pampore police station in Jammu and Kashmir with an AK-47 rifle, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen, the militant group said.


Missing SPO joins Hizbul


Cricket is a symbol of "hope for treasure" in Afghanistan that is now battered by terrorism springing from safe havens in Pakistan, according to India's UN Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin.


Cricket is symbol of 'hope for treasure' for Afghan people: India


India says it is disappointed with the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) resolution adopted by the General Assembly because it fails to advance "meaningful" international cooperation against terrorism.


India disappointed with UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy resolution


Rome, June 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian authorities on Tuesday deported a 28-year-old Moroccan accused of Islamic extremist connections, aboard a flight to Tunis, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.


Alleged Islamic extremist expelled from Italy


The Amarnath pilgrims are guests of militants and not their targets, a senior Hizbul Mujahideen commander said on Tuesday.


Amarnath pilgrims guests of militants, not targets: Hizbul commander


Ikramullah, one of Pakistan's most wanted terrorists affiliated to the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and allegedly part of a cell that assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has denied his involvement in the killing in a video released by the group, the media reported on Tuesday.


Benazir murder: Key Taliban terrorist resurfaces, denies involvement


The Union Home Ministry has issued new security guidelines for the protection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ministry sources have revealed.


MHA heightens PM's security, issues guideline to states


Some nine police personnel were killed and three others wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, official said on Tuesday.


Suicide bombing kills 9 policemen in Afghanistan


Nine police personnel have been killed and three others wounded in a suicide blast attack in Afghanistan's Kunar province an official said on Tuesday.


9 policemen killed in Afghan suicide attack


A key Taliban commander was among 12 militants who were killed on Monday as security forces repulsed an attack by the militant group to overrun a district in Afghanistan's Faryab province, officials said.


Taliban key commander among 12 killed in Afghanistan


Life across the Kashmir Valley was derailed on Monday by a separatist-sponsored shutdown even as the authorities detained senior separatist leaders to prevent their participation in protests.


Separatist leaders, MLA detained as shutdown hits Valley


The Syrian Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent US decision to render financial support to the Syrian Civil Defence group, or "White Helmets," listed by the Syrian government as a terror group.


Syria condemns US financial support to 'White Helmets'


Morocco will host a meeting of global coalition against the Islamic State (IS) here on Tuesday to discuss threats posed by the IS in Africa, the Foreign Ministry has said.


Morocco to host meeting of global coalition against IS


The engines and 24 wagons of a goods train derailed as suspected Maoists uprooted the tracks in the Kirandul-Visakhapatnam railway section, officials said on Sunday.


Goods train derails as Maoists remove tracks in Chhattisgarh


A youth, injured in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday, succumbed in a hospital here on Sunday, police said.

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