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Pentagon report mistakenly labels Taiwan part of China
The US Department of Defence (DOD) was forced to correct several mistakes in its Nuclear Posture Review after an initial version of the report released last week labelled Taiwan as part of China, the media reported.
Why are the Pashtun Angry?
Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan's police force in Karachi shot dead a 27-year old Mehsud Naseemullah (aka Naqeebullah), originally from South Waziristan, during an encounter. Rao Anwar had organised similar encounters in the past and in the last seven years there had been 200 clashes in the Malir District of Karachi in which 450 people had been killed.Details of these killings are scanty or simply do not exist except that a large number of the dead were Pashtun. For Rao Anwar, the killing of Mehsud along with three others in Shah Latif Town was a routine affair where the dead would be shown as terrorists enabling to drill additional notches on the butt of his gun. These killings were presumably trophies ensuring further rewards.As it turned out, Mehsud was no TTP or any other terrorist. Although he had come from the lawless borderlands of FATA, he had left home with his family during the Pakistan military operation in Waziristan and made their way to Karachi, a city which has the largest number .
World fails to stop war on children: Unicef
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has said violence had a devastating toll on children, who were being killed in ongoing conflicts or suicide attacks, or freezing to death as they fled active war zones.
UN chief hails reduction of US, Russian nuclear arsenals
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the US and Russia on successfully reducing their strategic nuclear forces to the level required by the new START treaty.
At least 24 killed in northeast Congo violence
Congolese authorities say at least two dozen people are dead in several villages following an outbreak of intercommunal violence in the country's northeast. Lt Jules Ngongo, the military spokesman for Ituri province, said today that the fighting started in the territory known as Djugu over the weekend. The exact reason for the latest violence involving the Lendu and Hema communities was not immediately known. Some local officials said tensions were renewed in December. Local authorities say teams are searching a nearby forest and fear the toll might rise. Between 1999 and 2004, untold thousands lost their lives during conflicts between the Lendu and Hema. UN peacekeepers were dispatched to Congo to try to maintain order and remain in the region to this day battling various rebel groups.
Kurdish protesters clash with Italian police during Erdogan's visit
Rome, Feb 5 (IANS/AKI) Italian security forces clashed with pro-Kurdish demonstrators and held two people on Monday during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit, police said.
Israeli minister heads to Poland amid Holocaust bill uproar
Israel's education minister is set to visit Warsaw amid uproar over proposed legislation that would outlaw blaming Poland for crimes committed during the Holocaust. Naftali Bennett said today he would "make it clear: the past can't be rewritten, the future should be written together." The bill sparked outrage in Israel, raising tensions with a close ally. It calls for up to three years in prison for any intentional attempt to falsely attribute crimes of Nazi Germany to the Polish state or people. Israel sees it as an attempt to whitewash the role some Poles played in the killing of Jews during World War II. Bennett noted ahead of his trip Wednesday that while thousands of Poles helped Jews during the war many others participated in their persecution.
Pune woman labelled suicide bomber says never arrested by J&K
A Pune-based woman, detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police on January 25 on "inputs" of being a suicide bomber on a mission to disrupt a Republic Day function in Srinagar, today claimed that she was never "caught or arrested" but had herself approached the police. Addressing a press conference with her family members today, Sadiya Anwar Shaikh said that she had gone to the Valley to secure admission for a nursing course in the state. J&K DGP S P Vaid told PTI yesterday that Shaikh had been handed over to her family by the state police. The police, who claimed that Shaikh (18) wanted to join the ISIS, detained her on January 25 from South Kashmir and subjected her to intense questioning during which they found nothing incriminating. "I had gone to the Valley to take admission in a nursing course in the state and I was staying at a friend's house in South Kashmir," she told reporters. Shaikh said she decided to approach the police on her own after she was shocked to find .
Militants lob grenade on Army camp in J&K
Militants tonight lobbed a grenade on an Army camp in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, but there was no damage, police said. Militants attacked a camp of the Rashtriya Rifles unit of the Army at Kakapora with a rifle grenade this evening, a police official said, adding that there was no damage due to it. The area was cordoned off, the official said. An Army Captain and three jawans were killed yesterday in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Defence minister, Army chief pay homage to Capt Kundu
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat today paid homage to Captain Kapil Kundu, who was killed in heavy Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. The mortal remains of the officer, who died in the line of duty yesterday, barely six days before his 23rd birthday, was flown to Delhi in a Dornier aircraft. Sitharaman paid respects by laying a wreath on the tricolour-wrapped coffin, which was laid at the Palam Air Force Base after the aircraft reached around 6:20 PM. Earlier, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre and Rawat also paid tributes to the soldier of the 15 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI), by laying wreaths. The defence minister later met the sister and other family members of Kundu, who had arrived in Delhi, to take the body of the officer to his hometown in Haryana. His body was later carried in an ambulance, on way to his Ransika village in Pataudi in Gurgaon district. Besides Kundu, Havildar ...
Fact-finding team on Kasganj violence questions police role, political silence
A fact finding team that visited Uttar Pradesh's violence-hit Kasganj on February 2, in its report, released on Monday, raised serious questions over the state police's integrity and its role. The activists also expressed concern at the silence of political parties at the incident.
US nuclear posture review deviates from peace, development: China
The US 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) holds Cold War mentality, plays the zero-sum game and deviates from peace and development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here on Monday.
Roadside bomb in Pakistan kills 1, wounds 7
Police in Pakistan say a roadside bomb has killed one person and wounded seven others in the country's southwest. Police officer Afzal Buledi says the bomb was planted near a garbage bin at a crowded intersection in the town of Panjgur and detonated remotely today. He says eight passers-by were wounded and one later died. Two were in critical condition. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Baluch separatists and Islamic militants have carried out previous attacks in the region.
Sri Lanka to send police team to UAE to arrest former envoy
Sri Lanka will send a police team to the UAE to arrest and bring back former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's nephew, who was detained by police at the Dubai International Airport while on transit to the United States. Udayanga Weeratunga was issued with an international warrant for arrest for financial irregularities during the time he served as the country's ambassador to Russia, a political appointment of the Rajapaksa government. "Officers will soon be sent to Dubai to bring Udayanga Weeratunga to Sri Lanka," Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake said today. Weeratunga had been travelling on an illegal diplomatic passport, Ratnayake said, adding that the foreign ministry is working with the Dubai authorities on the matter. Last year, the Sri Lankan courts froze his bank accounts and banned the sale or transfer of his properties. Several top officials of the Rajapaksa regime have faced corruption charges since the former president was defeated in 2015 polls.
Palestinian stabs Israeli dead near West Bank settlement:
A Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli man near a major West Bank settlement today before fleeing the scene, Israeli authorities said. "Israeli man murdered in stabbing attack in Ariel," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement, referring to the settlement in the occupied West Bank. He said that security forces were searching for the attacker. The Israeli army identified the attacker as a Palestinian and said the incident occurred at a bus stop at the entrance to Ariel. The victim was identified by an internal settler communique as Itamar Ben Gal, in his 40s and a resident of the Har Bracha settlement in the northern West Bank. Ariel is one of the largest settlements in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, located 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Jerusalem. It was the second fatal attack on Israelis in the northern West Bank in a month after Rabbi Raziel Shevah was shot dead on January 8.
Two troopers injured in bomb blasts in Manipur
Two troopers of Assam Rifles were injured in twin bomb blasts at the Polo ground in Imphal on Monday, police said.
NDFB(S) militant killed in firefight with security forces
A militant was today killed in a firefight with security forces in lower Assam's Chirang district, a defence press release said. "Platoon commander" of militant outfit NDFB (Songbijit)'s was gunned down by a joint Army and police team and arms and ammunition was recovered from him, the release said. On the basis of intelligence about movement of militants in village Belguri under Amguri police station, a joint search operation was launched by Army and Police in the intervening night of February 4 and 5. As the search party cordoned off the area, it drew heavy fire from a house, the release said. The security forces retaliated in a controlled manner and an extremist identified as Jordan Narzary of NDFB(S)'s 38th batch was killed, the release said. Two pistols, bullets and a grenade were recovered from the militant, the release added.
NSIC to set up incubation centres for skilling retired jawans
Lender to small industries NSIC today said it will collaborate with the armed forces to set up incubation centres to provide moderate technology and other skills to superannuated army jawans for setting up their own ventures in MSME segment. "The sole objective on incubation centre would be to train those jawans and soldiers including armed forces personnel that have superannuated with modest training of multiple nature with sufficient technological orientation for them to become self-reliant in terms of creating business avenues and job creation," NSIC CMD Ravindra Nath said, according to a statement issued by the PHD Chamber of Commerce. He was addressing a conference here organised by the PHD Chamber here. NSIC is a state-run firm under the MSME Ministry.
UP ATS arrests alleged terrorist in Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh ATS today said it had arrested a terrorist who had close links with militant groups operating in Kashmir. Sheikh Ali Akbar, a resident of Ghazipur district, was arrested from Lohia Path here, IG ATS Aseem Arun said. The senior police officer in a statement said four terrorists arrested from Bandipora in Kashmir yesterday had told the police that Akbar was associated with them and had recently taken Rs 40,000 for supplying them with arms. The senior officer said Akbar came in contact with terror groups through the social media and was in touch with their members on the phone. He had also been invited to Pakistan by terror group leaders for training but could not go there, Arun said, adding that there was enough evidence against Akbar. His mobile phone had several "terror videos" and he was an active member of nine groups on social media which fan terrorism, the Inspector General said. Akbar will be produced in court and taken into police custody, he ...
83 killed in 'war on children' across Mideast: UN
At least 83 children were killed in Middle East war zones in January, most of them in Syria, the UN children's agency UNICEF said today, vowing their voices "will never be silenced". "They were killed in ongoing conflicts, suicide attacks or frozen to death as they fled active war zones," said UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere. "In the month of January alone, escalating violence in Iraq, Libya, the State of Palestine, Syria and Yemen has claimed the lives of at least 83 children," Cappelaere added in a statement. Calling January a "dark (and) bloody month", Cappelaere said it was "unacceptable that children continue being killed and injured every single day". "Children may have been silenced but their voices will continue to be heard... their voices will never be silenced," he said. "We collectively continue failing to stop the war on children! We have no justification. We have no reason to accept a new normal." The ...