In Iraq, at least 31 people have been killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the capital Baghdad. Two bombers blew themselves up inside the mosque in the eastern al-Qahira district. Officials said, about 60 people were also injured in the attack. They said, the two suicide bombe...
Mr. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha today took charge as the new High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka. Mr Sinha is an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1982 batch. Before coming to Sri Lanka, he was Additional Secretary in the ‘Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran’ Division at the Ministry of External Affairs in...
In Pakistan, at least 20 people were killed today when a bomb exploded in a funeral prayer near Mardan in the restive north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Deputy Inspector-General, Mardan, Jaffar Khan said, about 60 other people were injured in the blast. According to Provincial Info...