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January 2, 2017 8:16 PM
Istanbul anti-terror police today detained eight people suspected of links to the New Year gun attack on a nightclub in the Turkish city that left 39 dead and was claimed by Islamic State (IS) jihadists. The Dogan news agency said police were pressing on with operations after making the first arrest...
January 2, 2017 8:15 PM
In Iraq, at least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a busy square in the capital, Baghdad today. Iraqi police sources said sixty-one other people were injured by the blast in the predominantly Shia Muslim eastern district of Sadr City. The Sunni jihadist group Islamic State ...
January 2, 2017 8:10 PM
India and Sri Lanka have expressed confidence for finding a long-lasting solution to the issue of fishermen between the two countries. The ministerial meeting held in Colombo today reached an understanding to ensure that there was no physical harm or loss of life while arresting fishermen for poachi...
January 2, 2017 8:06 PM
The Chief of Thailand's army has pledged that the military will not stage a coup after the next election. The Thai military has successfully seized power 12 times since 1932, in addition to seven failed attempts. General Chalermchai Sitthisat said the military would respect the outcome of an up...
January 2, 2017 6:30 PM
So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried out by a heroic soldier. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours yesterday at Istanbul's Reina nightclub when the gunman b...
January 2, 2017 6:26 PM
India and Sri Lanka today exchanged views on possible mechanisms to find a permanent solution to the fishermen issues. Both sides agreed to a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to expedite the release and handing over of fishermen in each other's custody on completion of respective leg...
January 2, 2017 6:20 PM
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has captured a spectacular image of the International Space Station (ISS) making its way in front of the Sun at a speed of about 28,968 kilometres per hour. Noel Kowsky, a lensman working for NASA captured the photograph of the orbital post j...
January 2, 2017 2:38 PM
Israel says it will withhold the bodies of Palestinian militants killed in attacks against its citizens. The statement issued by the Prime minister's office said that the security cabinet has decided that the bodies of militants should be buried, rather than returned. <br/><br/>It s...
January 2, 2017 1:48 PM
In Indonesia, at least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after a ferry fire off the coast of capital Jakarta yesterday. The vessel was carrying more than 260 people from a port near Jakarta to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu. <br/><br/>According to the Search and R...
January 2, 2017 1:44 PM
In Bahrain, one policemen was killed and another injured when gunmen attacked a prison yesterday. <br/><br/>Interior Ministry said in Manama that around six men, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, attacked the Jaw prison, south of the capital Manama and freed 10 inmates. <br/>...
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