Israel-Palestine Clash Over Abducted Teenagers
Israeli troops have clashed with the Palestinians in the course of an overnight operation in search of three Israeli teenagers who have been missing and who, according to Israel, have been kidnapped by Hamas. Israeli army said on Thursday that Palestinians threw explosives and fired guns, leading the army to counterattack. Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmud […]
Abduction in Iraq: India Weighs All Options
The Ministry of External Affairs in India has taken all steps to trace and rescue the 40 Indians who, as the Ministry had on Tuesday confirmed, has been abducted in Iraq. External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj said that all efforts are underway in this regard. The workers who are said to have been kidnapped hail […]
40 Indians in Iraq Beyond Reach
About 40 Indian employees stranded in the violence-hit Iraq have been held incommunicado, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Times of India reported about the probability of abduction. “Despite our best efforts at this stage we haven’t been able to contact them. So they remain ‘uncontactable’ at this stage,” said spokesman Syed Akbaruddin. “Beyond that […]
Militants Attack Largest Refinery
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Militants on Wednesday attacked the largest oil refinery of Iraq. Clashes erupted around 4.00 am local time at the refinery at the Baiji oil refinery in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad. Militants attacked the refinery with mortar and machine gun. One mortar hit a spare-parts warehouse […]
UK Ready to Open Embassy in Iran
In a conversation on Monday between the British Foreign Secretary William Hague and his Iranian counterpart Muhammad Javad Sheriff, the developments in Iraq came to fore, New York Times reported the office of British Prime Minister David Cameron as saying. They shared concern about the advancement of the militants in Iraq and willingness for military cooperation. […]
Fierce Fight Around Baghdad; US May Train Iraqi Troops
The ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) militants who are advancing to Baghdad had fierce fight with security forces on Baquba-37 miles northeast of Baghdad. Earlier, the militants made their intentions clear: capture of Baghdad and the military procession towards Karbala, the Shiite holy city. Meanwhile Baiji, the biggest olil refinary in Iraq, […]
Iraq “mass murder” photos released; US in for Talks with Iran
Pictures of captured Iraqi soldiers being shot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were posted on Twitter by its members this weekend. The images show the Shia captives loaded onto the trucks and then forced to lay face-down in a shallow ditch with their arms tied behind their backs followed […]
Israel Accuses Hamas of Abduction; Retaliates by Arrest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, accused the Islamist Hamas movement of kidnapping three teens who disappeared near the southern West Bank town of Hebron and condemned the newly formed Palestinian Unity government which would govern the West Bank and Gaza together. The latest predicament has escalated the tensions between Israel and the newly-formed […]
Pak Air Strikes Continue to Flush Out Militants
Pakistani fighter jets resumed air strikes in North Waziristan on Monday, as a response to the attack on the largest international airport in the country last Sunday, a day after the army announced the start of a major military operation to flush insurgents out of the region. Military sources said that the combat aircraft killed […]
World’s Largest Water Reservoir Un’earth’ed
Researchers from Northwestern University and University of New Mexico have discovered the largest water reservoir of earth, which lies 640 km beneath our feet-bound up in rock in earth’s mantle. Water in the reservoir is not in a form familiar to us – it is not liquid, ice or vapour. This fourth form is water […]
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