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Suicide attack hits voter registration centre in Kabul: police
A suicide bomber detonated explosives in a crowd gathered outside a voter and ID registration centre in western Kabul today, police said, underscoring security concerns ahead of upcoming elections. "It happened at the entrance gate of the centre. It was a suicide attack. There are casualties, but we do not know how many for the time being," Dawood Amin, police chief of Kabul, told AFP.
Journalist among over 2 dozen killed in Nicaragua unrest
In the grainy, nighttime video, journalist Angel Gahona, clad in jeans and a blue shirt, holds up a cellphone and narrates as he approaches the facade of city hall in Bluefields, Nicaragua, reporting live via Facebook on protests that have rocked the Central American nation for four days. Seconds later a gunshot rings out and Gahona slumps lifeless to the curb. Voices cry his name and someone presses a piece of cloth to his head to try to staunch the stream of blood. Another Bluefields reporter, Ileana Lacayo, confirms that he died before reaching the hospital. Besides Gahona at least 25 others have been killed since Wednesday in unrest over social security reforms planned by President Daniel Ortega's government, according to a human rights group. Dozens more have been injured or arrested. Ortega said Saturday in his first public appearance since the demonstrations began that his government is willing to enter into talks over the dispute. In a nationally televised address, he said he .
J-K doctor detained after weapons found in his car
A Jammu and Kashmir doctor was detained after a pistol with magazine and an AK-47 rifle with two magazines were recovered by the security forces during checking at Mir Bazar here on Saturday.According to a police source, a 'terrorist', who was carrying a bag had asked Dr Aijaz Rasool for a ride at Khanabal Chowk, to which the latter agreed.However, the 'terrorist' fled, leaving his bag behind after the forces stopped Rasool's car at a checkpoint in Mir Bazar.During the checking, the bag containing the weapons were found and the doctor was detained.Dr Rasool is currently being interrogated by the police and an investigation into the same has begun.
Pak conspiring to break up India: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today alleged that Pakistan was trying to "break up India" by helping terrorists sneak into the country, but the Armed Forces are giving it a befitting reply. Addressing a gathering at Diu in the Union Territory of Daman and Diu, Singh said "all our neighbours are good, except one". "We want to maintain good relations with all our neighbours. Our sages said the whole world is one family....We accept our neighbours as friends. All neighbours are good except one which does not agree. You know which one," he said, alluding to Pakistan. "If (this neighbour is) not agreeing with us today, it will have to do so tomorrow. The entire international fraternity is putting pressure on it to leave the path of terrorism. It is helping terrorists sneak in to India, conspiring to break up India despite being a neighbour. It should look at its own weaknesses," Singh said. He lauded the armed forces for giving a "befitting reply" to terrorists. "We told the Border ...
3 injured as Army opens fire to disperse stone-pelting mob
Three people were injured today when the Army opened fire to disperse a stone-pelting mob in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, an official said. "As reported by the Army that a patrol party of 55 RR (Rashtriya Rifles) came under heavy stone-pelting in Karimabad area of Pulwama," a police spokesman said. He said the patrol party fired a few rounds to disperse the stone pelters. "It is learnt that in the incident, three miscreants were injured and were shifted to a hospital for treatment, the spokesman said. He said the condition of all the injured is stated to be stable. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the spokesman said police intercepted a car in the neighbouring Kulgam district and recovered some ammunition from it. "At a check-post at Al stop in Mir Bazaar, officials intercepted a vehicle which was searched. During the search, one nine mm pistol with one magazine and one AK 47 with two magazines were recovered from the vehicle," he said. The driver of the vehicle was taken into .
World War II 'white angel' who nursed wounded soldiers dies aged 103
A French nun affectionately named "the white angel" by the Canadian soldiers she saved during one of the worst disasters to befall Allied forces during World War II has died aged 103, authorities said Saturday. Sister Agnes-Marie Valois died on Thursday in a monastery, officials in the northern town of Dieppe said. She tended to wounded soldiers in the Dieppe Raid of August 19, 1942, when a 6,000-strong force of mainly Canadian but also British troops briefly seized the Channel port held by the Germans. More than a thousand men in the allied force died, hundreds were injured and more than 2,000 taken prisoner. Valois stood up to Nazi soldiers to treat the injured, even persuading German officials to tend to some of the wounded and stealing German rations to feed the men. Her actions earned her the Legion of Honour, France's highest order. Valois often participated in annual commemorations of the battle, where she was reunited with the men she saved. "They loved her and she loved ...
Police seize 150 cartons of foreign liquor in Bihar
Police today seized 150 cartons of foreign liquor worth around Rs 20 lakh from a truck in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the truck near Patiyasa Jalal under Ahiyapur police station of the district and seized the cartons, City Superintendent of Police Upendra Nath Verma said. The liquor cartons were hidden under packets of oil and soaps kept in the truck bearing Harayan registration number, the SP said. The driver and the cleaner of the truck escaped after seeing the police, he said, adding, the vehicle has been seized. A complete prohibition on liquor is in force in Bihar since April 5, 2016.
Use technology to tackle inter-state crime: U'khand govt to police forces
The coordination committee of the police forces of seven northern states and officials of central paramilitary forces met here today with the speakers making a strong pitch for better coordination among them to rein in inter-state crime. "Police forces of different states should use technology to establish better coordination among themselves and control inter-state crime," said Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said while inaugurating the conference. He said an event like this acquired greater importance as five of the seven participating states, including Uttarakhand, had international boundaries and better communication and coordination between security establishments of the states. It was decided to appoint a nodal officer in all states to keep a tab on inter-state crime and form a WhatsApp group of the nodal officers for better coordination among them. Senior police officials of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab attended
Pakistan: Traders call for reopening of Afghan border
Pakistani traders have demanded the reopening of an Afghan border point closed last week after a deadly clash between the two sides. Nazir Ahmed, a representative of traders in Parachinar, said Saturday that the closure has badly affected their businesses. Last Sunday's clash at the Laka Tega border post left five Pakistani paramilitary soldiers dead. Pakistan's Foreign Office said earlier this week that the incident was addressed through "diplomatic and military channels." But Ahmed says laborers have sat idle for the past week watching their wares spoil as the Khar Lachi border point has remained shut since Sunday. A security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters, said the border will only be reopened after the area's tribes from both sides meet.
Family accuses Israel's Mossad of killing Palestinian in Malaysia
The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel's Mossad spy agency of assassinating him on the streets of Kuala Lumpur today. Malaysian authorities said Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, 35, was killed by two suspects believed to have ties with a foreign intelligence agency in a drive-by shooting on his way to dawn Muslim prayers. Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, quoted by the state-run Bernama news agency, said Batsh was "an electrical engineer and an expert at making rockets". The Palestinian was "believed to have become a liability for a country hostile to Palestine", said Ahmad Zahid, who is in charge of Malaysia's security. The professor was to have left for Turkey today to attend an international conference, the minister said. He said Malaysian police would request the help of Interpol to track down the suspects, believed to be European nationals. In a statement from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the victim's family said: "We accuse the Mossad of being behind the ...
Indian American teen shot dead for firing on police
An Indian American teenager wanted on a felony firearms possession warrant was killed in police firing after he used firearms on them in California, officials said.
OPCW says experts have taken samples in Syria's Douma
Inspectors from the global chemical arms watchdog today took samples in the Syrian town of Douma after an alleged poison gas attack, the body said. A fact-finding mission from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited Douma "today to collect samples for analysis in connection with allegations of chemical weapons use on 7 April 2018. The OPCW will evaluate the situation and consider future steps including another possible visit to Douma," the organisation said in a statement.
Three civilians injured in J&K clashes
Three civilians sustained firearm injuries during clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday during an anti-militancy operation, police said.
Syrian army pounds IS-held district in capital's south
Heavy regime bombardment pounded a southern district of Syria's capital today, state media and a monitor said, as government forces pressed their campaign against Islamic State jihadists entrenched in the area. IS still holds large parts of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk and the adjacent Hajar al-Aswad and Tadamun districts on the southern edge of Damascus. Since Thursday, regime forces have been shelling them heavily in a bid to pressure IS fighters to withdraw. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said six civilians have since been killed. "There are clashes and intense air strikes today, but no strategic advance on the ground," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. Syrian state news agency SANA said government forces were targeting IS supply lines and had destroyed weapons depots in the area. A reporter contributing to AFP from inside Yarmuk said there was steady shelling throughout the day today, with the booms of air strikes ...
Kathua SSP shifted to police headquarters
Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, M Suleman Choudhary, who was in the news because of a botched up probe into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in January, was today shifted to the police headquarters. He will be replaced by Shridhar Patil, who was heading the police force in South Kashmir's militancy affected Kulgam district, according to an official order. Choudhary, a 2007-batch IPS officer from the Jammu and Kashmir cadre, has been transferred and posted in the same rank with the Criminal Intelligence and Vigilance Department, the order read. Though the Jammu and Kashmir Police said it was a routine transfer, it comes two weeks after the J&K Crime Branch submitted its charge sheet in the Kathua rape-and-murder case. The charge sheet accused two district police officers of accepting bribes and destroying crucial evidence. Superintendent of Police Harmeet Singh, who was in-charge of Sopore in North Kashmir, replaces Patil, an IPS officer of the 2010 ...
15 militants killed in anti-jihadist operation in Mali: army
Fifteen militants have been killed in an anti-jihadist operation in central Mali, the Malian army said today, adding that one soldier died and two others were injured. The "terrorists" were "neutralised, their weapons recovered and their motorbikes destroyed" during Friday's mission in the Tina forest in the Mopti region, the army said in a statement. The army "suffered one death and two injuries". Mali has seen a resurgence of violence in recent weeks. Last Sunday a UN base in the historic city of Timbuktu was attacked by rocket fire and car bombs, killing one UN peacekeeper and wounding seven others. Last month the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) expressed "deep concern" over an increase in "serious violations and human rights abuses against civilians, including cases of summary execution" in the centre of the country, where jihadist groups are particularly active. MINUSMA, which has 12,000 peacekeepers in Mali, said it had recorded at least 85 major violent incidents and armed ...
World War II 'white angel' French nun dies aged 103
A French nun who was called "the white angel" by Canadian soldiers she saved during one of the worst single disasters to befall Allied armies during World War II has died aged 103, authorities said today. Sister Agnes-Marie Valois died on Thursday in a monastery, officials in the northern town of Dieppe said. She tended to wounded soldiers in the Dieppe Raid of August 19, 1942, when a 6,000-strong force of Canadian and British troops lost 4,131 men -- they were killed, wounded or captured in just six hours while briefly seizing a Channel port held by the Germans. Valois saved several lives by persuading German officials to tend to some of the wounded and also stole German rations to feed the injured. The raid, codenamed Operation Jubilee, was the first time the Canadian army had engaged in the European theatre of the war. Her father was an industrialist in the French city of Rouen. Born in 1914, Agnes Valois trained as a nurse with the Red Cross before joining the Augustine order in ..
CRPF official killed in gunfight with Naxals in Chhattisgarh
An officer of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in an encounter with Naxals in a dense forest in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, a senior police official said today. Teams of CRPF, its elite unit CoBRA and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of police were carrying out search operations under the Kistaram police station limits when the gunfight broke out last night, Deputy Inspector General of Police (South Bastar) Sundarraj P said. Assistant Sub-Inspector Anil Kumar Maurya (51), attached to the CRPF's 212th battalion, was killed in the exchange of fire with Naxals which took place in the forests of Karigundam village, three kilometres from Kistaram, he said. CRPF's 212th battalion, 208th battalion of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), and DRG had launched a search-cum-area domination operation in different directions from Kistaram, 500 km from Raipur, he told PTI. When a CRPF team was cordoning off the Karigundam forest, the encounter started and the ...
Afghan official says Taliban kill 6 at police checkpoint
An Afghan official says that at least six local police were killed when a group of Taliban fighters attacked and overran their checkpoint in northern Sari Pul province. Zabi Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said today two other policemen were wounded in the late last night attack. Amani said reinforcements arrived and a sporadic gun battle is still underway in Sayad district. He added that three Taliban fighters were killed and two others were wounded in the battle. Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack. Taliban have increased their attacks in the province of late. Last week, Taliban killed 11 Afghan paramilitary forces in Sari Pul.
4 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Gaza border protest
Health officials say Israeli soldiers firing from across a border fence have killed four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and wounded more than 150 others as several thousand people in blockaded Gaza staged a fourth round of weekly protests on the border with Israel. Huge black plumes of smoke from burning tires engulfed the border area on Friday. Some of the activists threw stones toward the fence or flew kites with flaming rags dangling from their tails. The latest deaths brought to 32 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in protests since late March. More than 1,600 have been wounded by live rounds in the past three weeks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.