A militant was killed and two soldiers were injured on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Militant killed in Jammu and Kashmir gunfight


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At least six persons, including two security force personnel, were injured in a blast outside a shopping mall here on Wednesday evening, police said.


6 hurt in Guwahati blast; ULFA owns up


The Sri Lanka military on Wednesday said the situation in the country was now "totally under control" and 78 people were arrested after anti-Muslim clashes this week in several areas that left one person dead and dozens of shops and mosques destroyed.


SL military says situation under control, 78 arrested


The Sri Lankan Army has launched an investigation after a man in uniform was seen in a footage watching rioters attacking Muslim-owned shops, homes and mosques during communal clashes earlier this week in the wake of the Easter suicide bombings.


SL Army investigates man in uniform watching rioters


The Sri Lanka military on Wednesday said the situation in the country was now "totally under control" following anti-Muslim violence earlier this week in several areas that left one person dead and dozens of shops and mosques destroyed.


SL military says situation 'totally under control'


Security forces in Afghanistan have unearthed and defused 20 landmines in Kandahar province, officials said on Wednesday.


Security forces defuse 20 landmines in Afghanistan


Sri Lanka has no requirement to bring in the US Army or armies of other countries in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.


Sri Lanka doesn't need foreign armies: Minister


The brother-in-law of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has been arrested for hate speech and criticizing the Pakistan government, the police said on Wednesday.


Pakistan arrests Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law


A nation of tech innovators, India is fast becoming a developers' hub for Amazon Web Services (AWS), top company executives said here on Wedneday.


India fast becoming a hub for AWS developers


The Taliban's chief negotiator has claimed that the US is on the verge of defeat and will quit Afghanistan soon "either of their own accord or they will be forced out", the media reported.


US on verge of defeat, claims chief Taliban negotiator


Getting a new life after surviving the Pulwama terror attack was okay but to feed a paralysed child was really a "satisfactory moment", said CRPF's Head Constable Iqbal Singh, after a video of him feeding the hungry child on a Srinagar street went viral on social media on Tuesday.


Feeding hungry child more satisfactory than my survival in Pulwama attack: CRPF soldier (IANS Exclusive)


Amid an uneasy calm, Sri Lanka on Tuesday imposed a nationwide curfew for a second night after two days of anti-Muslim violence in the wake of the Easter bombings and warned that rioters will be dealt with maximum force.


Amid uneasy calm, Sri Lanka extends nationwide curfew


A suicide bomber killed at least five people and injured nine others on Tuesday after detonating a car packed with explosives in the Somali capital on Tuesday, the police said.


5 killed in Somalia suicide bombing


The Sri Lanka Tourism Ministry plans to launch a mega promotional campaign in Thailand to attract tourists from short-haul markets due to a sharp decline in arrivals following the Easter Sunday attacks that claimed over 250 lives.


Sri Lanka to launch tourism campaign in Thailand


The Indian government has extended for another five years its ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which assassinated former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, it was announced on Tuesday.


India bans LTTE for another five years


One of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers, who blew himself up at a small guest house in Dehiwela near Colombo, was allegedly radicalised by UK's notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary, the media reported.


One SL bomber was radicalised by UK hate preacher


The UN has voiced alarm over the spate of attacks against religious minorities in Sri Lanka since the Easter Sunday bombings and urged Colombo to ensure that the spread of prejudice and hate among groups is not tolerated.


UN 'alarmed' over rise in prejudice against SL minorities


At least four policemen were killed and 12 others injured in a blast targeting a police vehicle near a mosque in Quetta city of Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials said.


4 policemen killed in Balochistan bombing


Sri Lanka on Tuesday partially lifted an overnight curfew imposed nationwide after an upsurge in anti-Muslim violence and warned that rioters will be dealt with maximum force -- three weeks after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.


SL partially lifts curfew, warns anti-Muslim rioters


At least two policemen were killed and 11 others injured in a bomb blast in Quetta district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a provincial minister said.


Two killed, several injured in bomb blast in Balochistan


Sri Lanka on Monday declared a nationwide curfew as anti-Muslim riots spread to parts of the island nation, just three weeks after multiple suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State killed over 250 people and injured hundreds.

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