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Missing jawan traced to native town in Maharashtra
An Army jawan, who had gone missing from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir two days back, was traced to his home in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, a defence spokesman said today. Disciplinary action will be initiated against the jawan on his return to his unit for remaining absent without leave, the spokesman said. The Army's mobile field veterinary hospital yesterday lodged a missing report at a police station, stating that a jawan went for some personal work in a bank on July 6 but did not return. The jawan, who had left his unit in civil dress and without any weapon, had reached his home in Aurangabad, the spokesman said. He said a contact was established with him and he is returning to the unit shortly to face disciplinary action as per Army rules for remaining absent without leave.
Syria regime pounds south, rebel evacuations postponed
Regime forces bombarded southern Syria today, as the evacuation of rebel fighters under a ceasefire deal for the region was postponed, a monitor and an opposition official said. Opposition fighters in the southern province of Daraa announced a ceasefire deal late Friday with regime ally Russia to end more than two weeks of deadly regime bombardment. Under that deal, rebels who wished to do so were to leave areas in the strategic southern province to be retaken by President Bashar al-Assad's regime. But today morning, regime air strikes killed four civilians, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Syrian warplanes pounded Um al-Mayazeen just five kilometres (three miles) north of the Jordanian border, killing three civilians, said the Britain-based monitor. "Regime forces launched an assault on the village," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said, two days after they retook control of the key border crossing of Nassib to the south. Earlier, rebel fire on a regime convoy on .
Afghanistan: 7 civilians rescued from Taliban prison
The Afghan armed forces have rescued at least seven civilians who were kept as prisoners inside a Taliban-run cell in southern Uruzgan province.At least eight militants were also killed during the clashes with the Afghan forces, Khaama Press quoted, citing the Ministry of Defense (MoD), as saying in a statement.According to the report, a vehicle, six motorcycles, 4000 Kilograms of explosives, ammunition, drugs, and weapons were also destroyed during the same operation.Uruzgan is among the relatively volatile provinces in the southern parts of the country.The Taliban is aggressively operating in a few of its districts and is well-known to often carry out terror activities.This comes nearly one and half month after the Afghan armed forces had rescued at least 105 civilians in southern Helmand province.
US service member killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
A US service member was killed and two were injured in an apparent insider attack in Afghanistan, the coalition forces said on Sunday.
SL Navy apprehends 4 Indian fishermen
The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended four Indian fishermen along with a mechanised fishing boat near Delft Island on Sunday morning.The interrogation of all the apprehended fishermen is underway at Kankesanthurai naval camp in Sri Lanka.More details are awaited.Fishermen from both the countries are being apprehended on a regular basis for breaching each other's territorial waters or doing suspicious activities.
Frontline Indian warship INS Trikand reaches Sri Lanka in goodwill visit
India's latest frontline warship INS Trikand has reached Sri Lanka in a goodwill visit, authorities here said today. The Sri Lanka Navy ceremonially welcomed the state-of-the-art warship in accordance with naval traditions yesterday. Senior Indian officers, including Assistant Defence Adviser of the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka -- Lieutenant Colonel Ravi Shekhar Mishra -- held discussions on matters of mutual interest with their Lankan counterparts. The ship's crew will play a friendly football match with the Sri Lanka Navy. INS Trikand is a state-of-the-art warship of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors capable of addressing threats in all three dimensions - air, surface and sub-surface.
Amarnath Yatra hampered due to separatist-called shutdown
Amarnath pilgrims were not allowed to move towards the cave shrine from Jammu on Sunday due to a separatist-called protest shutdown in the Kashmir Valley, police said.
Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent protest
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday to prevent a protest called by the separatists to mark the second death anniversary of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.
US service member killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan
A US service member has been killed and two others injured in what appears to be an insider attack in Afghanistan, NATO said.
UN to hold high-level debate on children protection in armed conflict
The UN Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on children and armed conflict with the theme "Protecting Children Today Prevents Conflict Tomorrow" on Monday, aiming to bring world attention to the protection of children in armed conflict.
Iran executes 8 linked to IS attacks
Iran has executed eight persons linked with the Islamic States (IS) attacks in the capital city of Tehran last year, the media reported.
4 terrorists arrested from WB's Naxalbari
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal's Siliguri arrested four terrorists from Siliguri's Naxalbari area.The arrested accused have been identified as Nirmal Roy, Kandarpa Das, Ratan Adhikary and Dipi Prasad Roy.According to Siliguri CID, Nirmal Roy had recently formed a terrorist organisation namely Greater Coochbehar Liberation organisation (GCLO), following which the CID started keeping track about him.The objective of this terror outfit was the formation of Kamtapur or Greater Coochbehar state by means of Armed rebellion.
Four including 'terrorist organisation' head arrested in Bengal
Four persons including the self-styled chief of a "terrorist outfit" Greater Coochbehar Liberation Organisation (GCLO) were arrested on Saturday from Naxalbari in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, a CID officer said.
Mobile internet services suspended in entire Kashmir
Mobile internet services were suspended in entire Kashmir Valley today as a precautionary measure in the wake of death of three civilians in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The civilians were killed allegedly in firing by the security forces during clashes with stone-pelting protesters in Kulgam today, they said. Mobile internet has been suspended in the entire Kashmir Valley, a police official said. He, however, said broadband services on BSNL landlines were working. The decision to suspend the mobile internet services is a precautionary measure to maintain law and order, he said. Authorities also imposed restrictions in some parts of Kashmir today, while security was beefed up across the Valley on the eve of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani's second death anniversary. Wani, a resident of Tral, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kokernag area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district on July 8, 2016. His killing had triggered massive protests and .
3 civilians dead after terrorists pelt stones in Kulgam
As many as three civilians were dead and two others injured after miscreants pelted stones at an army patrol in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday.The incident took place while the army personnel were moving across the Hawoora Mishipora area.Consequently, the army tried to disperse the miscreants and in the process, five individuals sustained injuries.The injured persons were evacuated to a nearby hospital immediately.Three persons, including a girl succumbed to their injuries, while the other two, are stated to be stable.Investigation in the matter is underway.Further details are awaited.
Three civilians die in Army firing in J-K
Three civilians, including a girl, were killed and two others injured today when Army personnel opened fire during clashes with stone-pelting protesters in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, the police said. This afternoon, a group of miscreants pelted stones at an Army patrol which was passing through Hawoora Mishipora area of Kulgam in south Kashmir, a police spokesperson said. Five people sustained injuries when the Army personnel tried to disperse the protesters, he added. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where three people, including a girl, succumbed to their injuries, the spokesperson said. He said condition of the other two is stated to be stable. The police have initiated an investigation into the matter, the spokesperson said. A defence spokesperson here said some soldiers also sustained grievous injuries in the incident as they came under heavy stone-pelting and firing from militants. Area Domination Patrol (ADP) of the Army, while moving in general area ...
11 killed, seven missing as tensions rise in DR Congo's east
Ten people were burnt to death in ethnic attacks in DR Congo's volatile east and seven fishermen were missing today in Lake Edward, where tensions have spiked with the Ugandan navy. A Congolese soldier was also killed and a civilian injured in separate clashes with Uganda's Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group in the eastern region of Beni, army spokesman Captain Mak Hazukay said. The latest violence in the restive provinces of North and South Kivu underscores the fragility of a region which has been wracked by ethnic and rebel violence since the mid-1990s. It is the theatre of a slew of players ranging from local militias to rebel groups from neighbouring Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda fighting over the region's rich mineral resources. The ten charred bodies were found today in South Kivu after clashes involving three ethnic groups, the Banyamulenge, Bafuliro and Banyindu, the official in charge of the Tanganyika sector John Mwimiwa said. The Banyamulenge, or Congolese Tutsis, are .
Militants hurl grenade at armed forces at two places no casualty
Militants attacked security forces with grenades at Srinagar and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir today, but there was no loss of life, police said. A grenade was hurled on a security forces' deployment in Hyderpora area on the outskirts of the summer capital here, a police official said. He said there was no loss of life in the incident. In a separate incident, militants hurled a grenade towards a CRPF camp in Kakapora area of Pulwama, in south Kashmir, the official said. He said there was no casualty due to the explosion in this case as well.
Militants among stone-pelters fired at soldiers: Army
The Indian Army on Saturday said it fired at a mob of stone-pelters killing three civilians in a south Kashmir village after "unidentified terrorists" hiding in the crowd opened fire at a patrol party causing injuries to some soldiers.
2 Libyans killed in attack on water project plant
Unidentified assailants killed two Libyan workers and kidnapped two others today in an attack on a water project site, the second in less than 48 hours, their employer said. The staff had been working on a huge venture to channel water from the desert when "terrorist groups" attacked, the Libya Man-made River Project said in a statement. Assailants were "pillaging, killing and terrorising families, children and the workers who are ensuring the supply of water" from the Tazerbo plant, around 1,500 kilometres south-east of the capital Tripoli, it said. An engineer and a security guard were killed in the attack, while two other guards were abducted. The water scheme, which was the pride of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, channels groundwater from the desert through a vast network of pipes towards coastal towns. Another site involved in the venture, 1,000 kilometres south of Tripoli, was attacked on Friday. Three Filipino engineers and a South Korean were kidnapped. The two attacks have ..