Monday, 23 October, 2017
IS S Asia recruiter named 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist'
Mohammed Shafi Armar becomes the first Indian leader of the dreaded terror outfit against whom America has slammed sanctions
Terrorist Abu Salem convicted in 1993 Mumbai Blasts Case
The convictions come as part of a judgement on Friday in the second leg of the trial in the serial blasts case involving seven accused
Germany set to open its first liberal mosque in Berlin
The mosque, which opens on Friday, will be the first of its kind for liberal Muslims in Germany
Philippine troops rescue Vietnamese hostage from Abu Sayyaf
No immediate information of Abu Sayyaf casualty during a bombardment but government forces continued the pursuit against the fleeing bandit group
Russian army says may have killed IS chief
ISIL is an acronym for the so-called IS group, also known as ISIS and Daesh
London fire: Tower victims 'may never be identified'
Seventeen people are known to have died but that figure is set to rise, with fears the death toll could exceed 60
China kindergarten blast was bomb, suspect dead
The Fengxian county government says class had not yet been dismissed and that no teachers or students were among the casualties
About 4,000 more US troops to go to Afghanistan
The rising threat posed by Islamic State extremists, evidenced in a rash of deadly attacks in the capital city of Kabul
Turkish opposition party begins 265-mile 'march for justice'
Hundreds of people also gathered in an Istanbul park on Thursday morning
Suspect identified in China kindergarten explosion; 8 killed
The blast occurs before school had let out for the day and no students or teachers from the kindergarten were injured
Somalia restaurant attack: Death toll rises to 31
Security forces in Mogadishu ended the siege at Pizza House restaurant, a popular eatery frequented by the city’s elite
'Blast and gunfire' at Shia mosque in Kabul, 3 dead
The interior ministry has described the incident at the al-Zahra mosque, located on the western outskirts of the city, as a "terrorist attack"
1 in 5 children in developed world in relative poverty: UN
Nearly 13 percent of children in those countries lack access to sufficient safe and nutritious food, the report says
'Seven dead' in China nursery blast
Official news agency Xinhua says the blast takes place just outside the kindergarten in Fengxian county in the eastern province of Jiangsu
UK PM orders full public inquiry over London fire
That figure is expected to rise, as fire chiefs have said they do not expect to find any more survivors in the burnt-out Grenfell Tower