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October 17, 2016 9:22 AM
In Iraq, a military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State terror group has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says. Mr Abadi said in an address broadcast on state television in the early hours of today that the time of victory has come and operations to liberate Mosul ...
October 17, 2016 9:18 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with President of Brazil, Michel Temer today in Goa. Both leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of issues of mutual interest. Agreements are likely to be signed in diverse areas. AIR correspondent reports the India Brazil Summit is taking...
October 17, 2016 9:17 AM
In eastern Ukraine, a military chief of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels, Arseny Pavlov, was killed in a bomb attack in Donetsk, local authorities have said, calling it a declaration of war. Alexander Zakharchenko, the Prime Minister of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic, said Ukrainian...
October 17, 2016 9:06 AM
A Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist has been executed for his role in a 2005 blast that killed two judges. Asadul Islam alias Arif was executed in Khulna jail after Bangladesh Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in August for the blast. <br/><br/>Arif and six other top JM...
October 17, 2016 9:06 AM
In Egypt, at least eight policemen were killed in North Sinai as the army began a major operation to root out terrorists after the Friday's deadly attack by the Islamic State which left 12 soldiers dead. A police officer and four conscripts were killed yesterday<br/>after armed terrorists...
October 17, 2016 9:06 AM
In China, the national observatory yesterday maintained its yellow alert, the second lowest level of a four-tier warning system, for Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year. <br/><br/>The eye of the typhoon was above the South China Sea some 1,040 km to the southeast of Hainan Province, the...
October 17, 2016 9:06 AM
The United States, Britain and the UN peace envoy to Yemen called for the warring parties in the country to immediately and unconditionally declare a cease fire. This is the time to implement a cease fire unconditionally and then move to the negotiating table.<br/><br/>US Secretary of St...
October 17, 2016 9:05 AM
China today launched spacecraft in longest-ever manned mission, taking two astronauts into orbit. They will spend a month aboard an experimental space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022. The Shenzhou 11 blasted off on a Long Marc...
October 17, 2016 8:39 AM
In Luxembourg, Britain, France and Germany aim to persuade the European Union today to condemn Russia's devastating air campaign in Syria and pave the way for imposing more sanctions on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The bloc also plans to continue pushing for humanitarian aid to reac...
October 17, 2016 8:36 AM
Europe's Schiaparelli spacecraft is on course to land on Mars. The 577 kg probe separated successfully from its mothership on yesterday. It is now on a direct path to intercept the top of the Red Planet's atmosphere on Wednesday. The module will then have just under six minutes to reduce i...
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