New dog squad to assist CISF personnel at IG international air...

The death toll from Sri Lanka's worst floods since 2003 rose to 146, as security forces and rescuers stepped up search and rescue operations after weather condition improved and floodwaters receded. Around 4,42,299 people belonging to 1,14,124 families were ...

The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said today. The soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, a light infantry unit trained for air ...

International investigators hunted for those behind an unprecedented cyber-attack that affected systems in dozens of countries, including at banks, hospitals and government agencies, as security experts sought to contain the fallout. The assault, which began ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the primary judicial organ of the United Nations today has stayed the death sentence awarded to former Indian Naval officer and alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav by the Pakistan military court. Justice Ronny ...

Afghanistan's internal situation is likely to deteriorate next year due to a number of reasons including the endemic state weakness and Taliban persistence, a top American spymaster said today. "We assess that the Taliban is likely to continue to make gains, ...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday assured that said that India is coordinating with the Pakistan Foreign Office for the safe return of an Indian woman Uzma, who alleged that she was sedated, tortured and forced to sign a nikah nama at ...

A powerful blast targeting a foreign forces convoy near the US embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul killed at least eight people and wounded 25 today, officials said, the latest attack in the Afghan capital. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today sacked his special assistant on foreign affairs Tariq Fatemi after an inquiry found him guilty of "leaking" to a newspaper vital information from a high-level security meet. Sharif approved an inquiry committees ...

The real challenge is that the North Korean leader is very unpredictable, possesses nuclear weapons, and does not seem interested in dialogue.In part 1 of his insight into the North Korea problem, Dr Rajaram Panda explains why the US president needs to restrain himself and build a relationship with China to put any credible pressure on Pyongyang. Is Kim Jong-un planning for war? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In another act of provocation, North Korea conducted another ballistic ...