Turkey secures release of hostages held by Islamic State
Turkish intelligence agents brought 46 hostages seized by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq back to Turkey on Saturday after more than three months in captivity, in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a covert rescue operation. Security sources told Reuters the hostages had been... read more »
I will take back entire Kashmir from India: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen Next’ politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India. Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers in Multan region in Punjab on Friday. “I will take back... read more »
Al-Qaida affiliate in Syria kills captive Lebanese soldier
9:53 P.M. The Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, has killed one of the Lebanese soldiers it had been holding in captivity, Lebanese security sources and a statement on Twitter said on Friday. The statement, distributed by an account affiliated with the group, said the soldier had... read more »
MH17 crash: 225 victims now identified
Around 225 victims of the crashed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have now been identified. The Dutch ministry of security and justice Friday said that out of 14 more who have been identified, seven were Dutch, Xinhua reported. At the request of the embassies of the countries concerned, the... read more »
