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US issues Global Travel Alert
The US State Department has issued a global travel alert for Americans after 12 people of a French satirical magazine were massacred by two gunmen in Paris. The alert, which was updated for the first time in three months, warned Americans…
Paris Hostage Crisis: 4 Hostages, 3 Terrorists Killed
At least seven people, including three gunmen, were killed after security forces brought to an end two tense hostage dramas in separate locations in Paris. While Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the attack on the offices…
Pakistan Court grants Bail to 26/11 Conspirator Lakhvi
A Pakistani court here has granted bail to the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, against surety bonds worth Pakistani Rs.200,000 (about $1,900), media reported. The civil court of Mian Azhar Nadeem heard…
UN Envoy meets Libyan Parliament Members
The UN special envoy to Libya has held discussions with Libyan stakeholders over ways to end hostilities and convene a political dialogue, the UN mission in Libya said in a statement Friday.
UN envoy Bernardino Leon held meetings…
Sri Lankan Presidential Polls: Rajapaksa concedes Defeat
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat in the presidential election, according to the president's office Friday. President Rajapaksa said during a meeting with opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe that he accepted the…
Terror Alert: Female Police Officer killed in Paris
Gunmen Thursday shot dead a policewoman and left another person critically injured, a day after suspected Islamists massacred 12 people in an attack on a French satirical magazine. The Thursday shooting occurred around 7.15 a.m. in…
Sri Lankan Presidential Elections: Voting Ends
Hundreds of thousands voted across Sri Lanka Thursday in presidential elections in which incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa is being challenged by opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena. Barring a grenade attack in the northern Tamil town of…
Charlie Hebdo Attack: One surrenders, Two at Large
"We are NOT AFRAID, declare people in France, as they recover from the trauma and shock that gripped the nation following yesterday's brutal terror attack, which 12 people, including 10 journalists, including the Editor of satirical Weekly…
12 killed, as Gunmen target Magazine Office in Paris
In a shocking development, 12 staffers of a satirical magazine in Paris, were gunned down, while 10 others got wounded when some unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire at them inside the office premises. The dead included the Editor…
Car Bomb Blast kills 30 People in Yemen
As many as 30 people were killed in car bomb explosion in Sanaa, the capital city of Yemen, on Wednesday. Around 12 other injured in the blast. The cadets were gathered near a police academy for enrollment when the car bomb exploded.…