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US, Russia announce truce as war reduces Syria to ruins

23 Feb 2016

Russia and the United States have announced a landmark truce in war-torn Syria, which would take effect from Saturday

US ‘hyping up’ South China Sea issue, says Beijing

23 Feb 2016

UN urges 11 nations to sign nuclear protection deal

23 Feb 2016

2-day Pampore gunfight ends, 3 militants killed

22 Feb 2016

A fierce 48-hour gun-battle on the outskirts of Srinagar ended this evening with the killing of three heavily-armed terrorists holed up in a government building

Car bomb blast in Ankara kills 28, wounds 61

18 Feb 2016

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the spate of deadly strikes in Turkey on jihadists and Kurdish rebels

China deploys missile system on disputed island

17 Feb 2016

Turkey feeding IS via Syrian border town of Azaz, says Russia

17 Feb 2016

Russia has accused Turkey and its allies of nursing the Islamic State terrorists with continued supplies through Azaz in Aleppo

Saudi seen sinking deeper into West Asia’a proxy war

15 Feb 2016

Saudi Arabia is reported to be amassing forces from 20 nations, including Pakistan, in a major military manoeuvre against Iran's circles of influence

Turkey, Saudi may send troops as Syrian army pushes into IS bastion

13 Feb 2016

If the Syrian troops succeed in retaking Aleppo and sealing the Turkish border, it would deal a crushing blow to both ISIS and Syrian insurgents opposed to Assad's rule

Terrorists have no state or religion, say India, UAE

13 Feb 2016

India summons US envoy over fighter sale to Pak

13 Feb 2016

US stokes arms race with planned sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan

13 Feb 2016

US lawmakers oppose F-16 fighter sale to Pakistan

13 Feb 2016

US lawmakers have voiced concern over potential of the Pakistani military to use these F-16s to deliver nuclear weapons in a conflict scenario with India

Miracle short-lived: Siachen soldier Hanamanthappa dead

11 Feb 2016

Siachen soldier found miraculously alive, now stable

09 Feb 2016

Lance Naik Hanamanthappa was buried deep after a wall of ice a kilometre wide and 800 metres high came crashing down on his army post, killing nine of his colleagues. He was flown to a Delhi hospital where his condition is stable

UAE to work more closely with India against ISIS

09 Feb 2016

Pakistan’s ISI has helped rise of ISIS, Taliban: NYT

09 Feb 2016

LeT operative Headley reveals links to Pak army, ISI

08 Feb 2016

In his video-conference testimony before an Indian court, LeT terrorist David Headley said he had contacts with a ‘Major Ali’ of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence as well as a retired Pakistan army officer who helped him actively

Headley testifies, says two earlier hits on Mumbai failed

08 Feb 2016

The first attempt to strike Mumbai was made in September 2008 but the boat used by extremists hit rocks in sea and all weapons and explosives on board were lost

India, allies parade warships in biggest-ever naval exercise

06 Feb 2016

At the Navy's biggest-ever event off the coast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh today, President Pranab Mukherjee is inspecting ships from 50 countries

Western powers pledge $10 bn as Syrian refugee problem worsens

05 Feb 2016

ISIS thrives on political chaos, but feeling the pinch: US

05 Feb 2016

Video shows terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed with Pak army chief

05 Feb 2016

All 10 Siachen avalanche-hit soldiers declared dead

05 Feb 2016

Rein in ‘global terrorist’ Hafiz Saeed, India tells Pak

05 Feb 2016