Cherif Kouachi, 32, and his brother Said, 34, accused of carrying out the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, managed to slip under the radar despite them being on counterterrorism agencies' radar for years before Wednesday's attack.
After several years of travelling, Guru Nanak settled down at Kartarpur as a farmer. His followers were the first Sikhs of an order that was to prevail for many years to come. A fascinating excerpt from Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion.
Recently the agency had to sack its top officer in Baghdad amid questions about his ability to lead the gargantuan station there.
A truck driver in Kuwait says they have no information about the megotiations on to free the Indian hostages.
Tech stocks proved a major focus of the market on Monday after HCL Tech announced the bagging of a major overseas BPO order.
The US deputy defence secretary was in the Rashid Hotel when rockets slammed into it.
Members accused Washington of acting as a "big bully" saying that its wants to wage war against Iraq to take control of the countrys huge oil resources.
The US would 'welcome and support' a new UN Security Council resolution if it highlights the world body's resolve, he said.
He is demanding safe exit to the former soviet republic of Belarus, The Sunday Mirror said.
This contradicts the earlier US claim that the former Iraqi president was hand-in-glove with Osama bin Laden.
In his brief chat with Musharraf, Annan discussed the security of the UN staff, its officers and its aid programme, Pakistani news agency NNI quoted UN officials saying.
Rediff.com presents a list of most gruesome terror attacks on schools through the years.
Indian efforts to secure a share in Iraqi crude oil have been hit with Indian Oil Corporation failing to get entry visas in time for sending its officials to Baghdad to seal an import deal.
On Wednesday night, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania made a surprise visit to Iraq to greet American soldiers stationed in the country. This is his first visit to Iraq as the US president.
'In the Middle Ages, when Muslims were around 15 per cent of the population of the world, they accounted, according to one estimate, for 90 per cent of scientific advancements.' 'And today, when Muslims are around 22 per cent of the population of the world, their share in scientific writings is less than 1 per cent!' point out Ziya Us Salam and M Aslam Parvaiz.
Several Indo-Iraq contracts that were being negotiated for the last one year, particularly in the oil and railway sector, may now be put on hold after the fall of the President Saddam Hussein regime, diplomats said.
Gold demand in India, the world's largest importer, has risen in the past few days and its buying is likely to intensify this week with a fall in prices after US troops raided Baghdad on Monday, traders said.
Throw in the nightmare of chemical or biological warfare, rebuilding the country and sticking around for the next 10 years to encourage Middle East stability, and some see an astronomical bill of $1.6 trillion for US taxpayers.
A vessel carrying 22,000 tonnes of Indian wheat sailed for Iraq early this week, nearly 20 months after Baghdad rejected consignments from the subcontinent over quality concerns, traders said on Thursday.
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