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2 teens held over Northern Ireland journalist murder

Northern Ireland police have arrested two teenagers in the killing of 29-year-old investigative journalist Lyra McKee, authorities said on Saturday.

13 people shot dead at family party in Mexico

Thirteen people, including a child, were shot dead at a family party in the Mexican state of Veracruz by unidentified armed assailants, authorities said.

Afghan Information Ministry under attack in Kabul

An explosion and gunfire was heard in the Afghan capital on Saturday as the Ministry of Information headquarters came under attack by gunmen, officials said.

North Korea slams Bolton for 'stupid' remarks: KCNA

A senior North Korean official slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Saturday, accusing him of making "stupid" comments on stalled denuclearisation talks and warning "nothing good" would come of them. Bolton is the second, top ranking US politician to be criticised by Pyongyang in recent days, after it labelled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as "reckless" Thursday, demanding his removal from talks over the North's banned nuclear programme. Those comments came hours after the isolated state claimed to have tested a new kind of weapon. Pyongyang and Washington have been at loggerheads since the collapse of a summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump earlier this year. In an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday, Bolton urged Pyongyang to give a "real indication" it is willing give up nuclear weapons. In comments cited by North Korea's official KCNA news service, Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said Bolton's remarks may have showed a "lack of understanding about

I had erred in judging Mamata earlier: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had earlier erred in judging Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as he used to consider her an embodiment of simplicity who wanted to free the people of West Bengal from the rule of the Leftists, but realised his mistake once he got to know of her misdeeds after ascending to the high office.

Two teens held after killing of N. Irish journalist

Two teenage men have been arrested after the shooting dead of a journalist in Northern Ireland, police said Saturday. The 18 and 19-year-olds were arrested in Londonderry under anti-terror laws and taken to Belfast for questioning, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Journalist Lyra McKee was shot in the head late Thursday in Derry by, police believe, dissident republicans linked to the New IRA paramilitary group as they clashed with police on the Creggan estate in Northern Ireland's second city. Tributes to the 29-year-old were led by her partner, Sara Canning, who said McKee's "amazing potential was snuffed out by this single barbaric act". Detectives hunting the gunman had released footage of the unrest, hoping that the community would help trace her killers. Belfast-born McKee, 29, had posted an image from the riots, accompanied by the words "Derry tonight. Absolute madness". Images of the unrest on social media showed a car and van ablaze and hooded individuals throwing .

IS hits Syria army with deadliest attacks since 'caliphate': monitor

Islamic State group jihadists have killed 35 pro-Damascus fighters in Syria, in what a monitoring group described Saturday as their deadliest operation since the fall of the "caliphate". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four senior Syrian army officers were among the troops and allied militiamen killed in the desert east of Homs province over the past 48 hours. The Amaq propaganda arm of IS, which lost the last vestige of its "caliphate" to Kurdish-led forces last month but retains desert and mountain hideouts in both Syria and Iraq, said its fighters carried out the operation. Another eight soldiers and militiamen, including two officers, were killed in a separate attack in neighbouring Deir Ezzor province on Thursday night, the Observatory said. The attack targeted a desert village south of the city of Mayadeen, upstream from the stretch of the Euphrates Valley where IS made a desperate last stand for its "caliphate", the Britain-based war monitor said. Observatory chief

Two teenagers held after killing of Belfast journalist: police

Two young men have been arrested after the shooting dead of a journalist in Northern Ireland, police said Saturday. The 18 and 19-year-olds were arrested in Derry under anti-terrorist laws and taken to Belfast for questioning, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Journalist Lyra McKee was murdered late Thursday during rioting in Derry.

End Speed-breaker Didi's rule: Modi to Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the voters in West Bengal to put brake on "Speed-breaker Didi" Mamata Banerjee's rule and end the "politics of threat, loot and corruption".

Assam: NDFB woman member held with pistol, live cartridges

A woman member of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) has been arrested from Chirang district, police said on Saturday. A combined search operation was launched by army and Chirang police on the basis of information obtained from a source. During searches, a woman tried to flee away from the spot, following which, the officials caught her for investigation.On being interrogated, officials learned that she was carrying a pistol and three live cartridges, which were later seized by them.The woman has been identified as Sagarika Basumatri alias B Sujuma. "She had received training in Myanmar as insurgents are being sent to execute nefarious activities in the ensuing Lok Sabha election in Chirang district. But their efforts were failed due to continued vigilance by the local police and army," police said.Formed in 1986, the NDFB is an armed separatist outfit seeking a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the government.Elections .

2 US soldiers questioned by Mexican troops at border

Two US soldiers were questioned by Mexican troops earlier this month while conducting a surveillance operation on the American side of the border, defence officials told CNN.

Thousands rally in support of Serbian president

Tens of thousands of supporters of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday rallied in Belgrade, in a show of force after months of opposition demonstrations. Vucic, once an ultranationalist and close ally of the late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, has become a staunch pro-European liberal who hopes to bring Serbia into the EU. Marchers, who waved signs with slogans such as "support to Vucic" and "Kosovo loves you" came from all over Serbia as well as from Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Media outlets close to the government put the crowd at more than 100,000; independent media did not make any estimates. Weekly protests by the opposition began in December against what critics describe as Vucic's slide towards autocratic rule. On Sunday, thousands rallied around the presidential palace in Belgrade accusing him of authoritarianism and muzzling the media. Vucic has rejected the claims. Although it has EU aspirations, Serbia was criticised by the ...

Snakes bar Liberian President Weah from office

Liberian President George Weah has been barred from his office for five days by two black snakes that slithered into the building this week, authorities said Friday. The foreign ministry where Weah, a former striker with the Paris Saint-German and AC Milan football clubs, has his office must be fumigated to chase out the reptiles, which showed up near the ground-floor elevator on Wednesday. A ministry statement said that all operations including the issuance of passports and visas were suspended until April 24 owing to the presence of toxic fumes. "Indeed, the fumigation exercise was triggered by the presence of the snakes," presidential spokesman Smith Tobay told AFP. The sole African to win the top Ballon D'Or award, in 1995, Weah became Liberian president in January 2018, succeeding Ellen Johnson, the continent's first woman head of state. The impoverished country suffered from a 1989-2003 civil war, and a deadly Ebola epidemic from 2014-2016.

Militant killed in gunfight in J&K's Baramulla

A militant was killed in a brief gunfight with security forces on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.

2 terrorists involved in WSJ journalist Danial Pearl's killing held in Pakistan

Two Pakistan Taliban militants have been arrested for their involvement in the kidnapping and killing of American journalist Danial Pearl and several terror-related activities in the country, officials said on Friday. The Counter-Terrorism Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Manshera district said they are the most dreaded terrorists of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Azeem Jan and Muhammad Anwar were arrested during an intelligence-based operation, officials said. They were involved in the kidnapping and killing of American journalist Pearl in 2002. Pearl, who was the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded by terrorists in Pakistan. Azeem, an active member of the TTP Karachi, TTP Swat and Shagla districts, was a trained terrorist and a suicide bombing trainer who supplied trained suicide bombers to the TTP, they said, adding that he was also the chief of financial affairs of TTP Miranshah. He was also involved in the terrorist attack .

IPS officers condemn Pragya's remark on Karkare

Associations of serving as well as former IPS officers on Friday condemned BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's remark that then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare died in a terrorist attack because she had cursed him. The Indian Police Service (Central) Association tweeted from its official handle, 'IPS Association', that Karkare had made the "supreme sacrifice". "Ashok Chakra awardee late Sri Hemant Karkare, IPS made the supreme sacrifice fighting terrorists. Those of us in uniform condemn the insulting statement made by a candidate and demand that sacrifices of all our martyrs be respected," the association said. Julio Ribeiro, chairman of the Retired IPS Association, termed Thakur's statement as unfortunate. Speaking to PTI, Ribeiro said, "Karkare was one of the finest IPS officers who worked almost everywhere in Maharashtra during his stint and there was not a single complaint against him. He would never do anything wrong. "When other officers who have ...

Swaraj asks Indians stranded in Tripoli to leave immediately

As Libya's capital Tripoli continues to be hit by violence, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that over 500 Indians are stuck there and suggested that they leave the city immediately. The minister said that if the Indians stranded in the Libyan capital do not leave immediately, then it may not be possible to evacuate them later. Over 200 people were killed in Tripoli in the last two weeks since renegade Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar's troops launched a strike to oust UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj from power. Swaraj tweeted, "Even after massive evacuation from Libya and the travel ban, there are over 500 Indian nationals in Tripoli. The situation in Tripoli is deteriorating fast. Presently, flights are operational. "Pls ask your relatives and friends to leave Tripoli immediately. We will not be able to evacuate them later," she said on her Twitter handle.

BJP insulting martyrs like Karkare, says Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday alleged that the BJP is insulting martyrs like police officer Hemant Karkare who died fighting terrorists during the Mumbai 26/11 attack.

Tripura State Rifles' deployment in Bengal postponed

After polls to the Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency were rescheduled, the deployment of 12 companies of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) in West Bengal has been postponed, officials said here on Friday.

Sri Lankan police seize heroin worth $195k

The Sri Lankan police on Friday seized heroin worth over $195,000 hidden in an abandoned garage in the country's Kurundugahahetekma area, in close proximity to the southern highway.