Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone conversation and discussed important bilateral and international issues, including joint efforts in the fight against terrorism, the Kremlin said on Monday.


Putin, Modi agree to enhance anti-terror cooperation


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At least 21 Afghan soldiers, police personnel and 15 Taliban militants have been killed in clashes in Badghis province as fighting rages in the country, officials said on Monday.


21 Afghan security forces, 15 militants killed in clashes


Security forces started a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Sunday following information about the presence of militants there.


Security forces start search operation in Shopian


A policeman has been killed trying to defuse a bomb outside a church in Egypt, security officials said.


Egypt church bomb kills policeman


Police said on Saturday that no militant's body has been recovered from the site of a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district that left a CRPF trooper injured.


CRPF trooper injured but no militant's body found in Pulwama


Security forces resorted to aerial firing on Saturday to disperse scores of protesters trying to march towards the site of a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Security forces fire to disperse protesters marching to gunfight site


The police in California on Saturday reported a shooting with multiple victims at a bowling alley near Los Angeles.


Shooting at LA bowling alley, multiple victims reported


Teams from Pakistan and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body which combats money laundering and terror financing among other things, are going to hold a three-day session in Sydney from Saturday to discuss the issue of removing the country's name from the "grey list".


FATF set to review Pakistan case in Sydney


A gunfight erupted on Saturday between the security forces and holed-up militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said.


Gunfight erupts in J&K


A Delhi court on Friday sent the alleged arms supplier to the members of the newly found Islamic State module, "Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam".


IS module case: Court sends arms supplier to 10-day NIA custody


A Maoist guerrilla was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday, police said.


Maoist guerrilla killed in Jharkhand


Senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani said on Friday that the desecration of the Jamia Masjid was an attempt to link the indigenous struggle of Kashmiris to global terror groups.


Attempt to link Kashmiri struggle with global terror: Geelani


Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated eight projects during his one-hour visit to Manipur on Friday.


Modi inaugurates eight projects in Manipur


Events of the year that has just gone by have underscored once again the stark fact that independent and sovereign statehood is the ultimate currency of power. The patronage of distant powers, the generosity of international institutions and notions of religious solidarity have all proved to be poor substitutes for the exercise of state power.


Trump's betrayal delivers Kurds a brutal reality check (Comment)


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has arrested an arms supplier in connection with its ongoing probe into the new Islamic State (IS) module 'Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam'.


New IS module case: NIA arrests arms supplier in UP


The Indian Army on Thursday refuted reports about one of the three injured soldiers in Tral gunfight having died.


Injured soldier undergoing treatment: Army


Three militants and a soldier were killed on Thursday in a gunfight in Tral area in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Three militants, soldier killed in Kashmir gunfight (Third Lead)


Two militants were killed and three soldiers injured on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Two militants killed, three soldiers injured in Kashmir


Three soldiers were injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Three soldiers injured in gunfight in Kashmir


At least eight Afghan police personnel were killed and two others wounded after Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in the country's Baghlan province overnight, officials said on Thursday.


8 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack


Tripoli, Jan 3 (IANS/AKI) Three Libyan soldiers were killed and a fourth soldier was injured in two suicide bombings carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group in southern Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations backed government's interior ministry, Ahmed Baraka, said.

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