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Indian beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Indian beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Rediff.com6 Mar 2005

Malaya Maroti Bajantra had killed Hakim Ahmed Pasha after striking him on the head with a rock and slashing his throat before robbing him.

Car bomb kills 100 in Iraq

Car bomb kills 100 in Iraq

Rediff.com28 Feb 2005

the suicide car bomber drove into a crowd of people queued up for work at a government office in Hilla, about 96 km south of Baghdad.

Pakistan launches probe into MQM's alleged ties with RAW

Pakistan launches probe into MQM's alleged ties with RAW

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

The FIA has been tasked with probing various allegations of funding by Research and Analysis Wing to MQM.

Malaysia plane was shot down, says Ukraine

Malaysia plane was shot down, says Ukraine

Rediff.com17 Jul 2014

A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday killing all the 295 people on board.

Barcelona attack suspect shot dead by police

Barcelona attack suspect shot dead by police

Rediff.com21 Aug 2017

Younes Abouyaaqoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan national, was killed during an operation in Subirats.

Tight security for Bahrain Grand Prix

Tight security for Bahrain Grand Prix

Rediff.com26 Mar 2004

Organisers said the plan included a quadrupling of patrols in all key areas of the Gulf kingdom as well as quick reaction teams on call around the clock.

Saudi professor jailed for sedition

Saudi professor jailed for sedition

Rediff.com20 Sep 2004

Said bin Zair, 57, a hard-line Islamist academic who was freed a year ago after eight years in prison for demanding reforms in the Saudi monarchy, was arrested again in April on charges of condoning suicide bombings in a television interview.

UAE to curb visit visas

UAE to curb visit visas

Rediff.com11 Mar 2003

The ministry of Internal affairs feels that the curbs will limit the number of illegal immigrants, and as most of them are from Asia the move is likely to be directed against them.

Fans trampled to death after Iran match

Fans trampled to death after Iran match

Rediff.com26 Mar 2005

Five Iran soccer fans were trampled to death after a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Japan in Tehran.

Hafiz Saeed, 4 others challenge their house arrest

Hafiz Saeed, 4 others challenge their house arrest

Rediff.com22 Feb 2017

In their petition, Saeed and four others said the government in light of Interior Ministry's order detained them for a period of 90 days (with effect from January 30) in exercise of powers under section 11-EEE(1) of Anti Terrorism Act 1997.

Toll 17, Saudis fear another attack

Toll 17, Saudis fear another attack

Rediff.com10 Nov 2003

Massive explosion hits Riyadh

Massive explosion hits Riyadh

Rediff.com9 Nov 2003

Pakistan lists Hafiz Saeed under anti-terrorism act

Pakistan lists Hafiz Saeed under anti-terrorism act

Rediff.com18 Feb 2017

Saeed and the four men added to the fourth schedule of the ATA were also placed under house arrest on January 30 in Lahore amid an angry uproar from his party and political allies.

Arafat names Qorei as PM

Arafat names Qorei as PM

Rediff.com6 Oct 2003

The move follows a devastating suicide bombing in Israel and a retaliatory air strike against Syria.

Jamali to face trust vote on Monday

Jamali to face trust vote on Monday

Rediff.com29 Dec 2002

Iran President Rouhani promises to allow women to attend football matches: FIFA

Iran President Rouhani promises to allow women to attend football matches: FIFA

Rediff.com2 Mar 2018

The Iranian group OpenStadiums, which is campaigning for the right of women to attend sports fixtures in the Islamic Republic, said that some women were arrested near Azadi stadium on Thursday during the Esteghlal-Persepolis match.

Pak refuses visas to Indian tea delegation

Pak refuses visas to Indian tea delegation

Rediff.com5 Apr 2004

The Indian Tea industry's effort to make inroads into the Pakistani market in the background of improving relations received a setback as Islamabad has refused to grant visas to a 14-member tea delegation.

Cousin strangled Qandeel to death not brother: polygraph test

Cousin strangled Qandeel to death not brother: polygraph test

Rediff.com31 Jul 2016

Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch who was killed for bringing "shame" to the family by posting risque videos and posts on Facebook was strangled to death by her cousin and not by her brother, a polygraph test found on Saturday.

Taliban attacks don't deter Afghan election

Taliban attacks don't deter Afghan election

Rediff.com22 Oct 2018

The election seem to have been conducted without any major security lapses. However, in the coming weeks, the military situation in Kandahar could tilt in the Taliban's favour, notes Aveek Sen.

Fire at Russian school for deaf kills 28

Fire at Russian school for deaf kills 28

Rediff.com10 Apr 2003

The deaf kids could not hear the commotion due to the fire, which took place in a school in the Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala.

Hafiz Saeed's house arrest extended by 2 more months

Hafiz Saeed's house arrest extended by 2 more months

Rediff.com1 Aug 2017

This time Saeed's house arrest has been extended under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order.

Russia to arrest athletes who violate anti-gay laws at Winter Olympics

Russia to arrest athletes who violate anti-gay laws at Winter Olympics

Rediff.com14 Aug 2013

Russia's interior ministry has confirmed that athletes at the Winter Olympics will be arrested if they breach Russia's controversial gay propaganda laws.

Days after crackdown, JuD rebrands under new name

Days after crackdown, JuD rebrands under new name

Rediff.com4 Feb 2017

The Mumbai attack mastermind had indicated about a week before his arrest that he might launch Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir (TAJK) to 'expedite the freedom of Kashmir'.

218 Indian fishermen freed by Pakistan

218 Indian fishermen freed by Pakistan

Rediff.com5 Jan 2017

The fishermen were freed from Malir jail on instructions from the Interior Ministry as a goodwill gesture, jail superintendent Hasan Sehto said.

Taliban attackers dead, foreigners rescued in Kabul standoff

Taliban attackers dead, foreigners rescued in Kabul standoff

Rediff.com12 Dec 2015

On Friday night, Taliban attackers detonated a car bomb outside the guesthouse and stormed the building, and then exchanged fire with security forces, officials said.

Hafiz Saeed's son, son-in-law to contest Pak poll

Hafiz Saeed's son, son-in-law to contest Pak poll

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

The JuD will contest the election on the platform of a little known "dormant" political entity, Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek.

REVEALED! Attackers planned multiple explosions in stadium

REVEALED! Attackers planned multiple explosions in stadium

Rediff.com19 Nov 2015

A group of several attackers planned to set off multiple explosives in Hanover soccer stadium at Tuesday night's friendly match between Germany and the Netherlands, which was called off, daily Bild reported on Thursday.

Terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed will have 200 candidates in Pak poll fray

Terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed will have 200 candidates in Pak poll fray

Rediff.com9 Jun 2018

The JuD, a front for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, launched its political front Milli Muslim League, but it has not been yet registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan. With general elections approaching, the group decided to contest on the platform of a "dormant" political entity, Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek, which is registered with the ECP.

97 dead as Pak plane crashes in Karachi residential area

97 dead as Pak plane crashes in Karachi residential area

Rediff.com23 May 2020

Flight PK-303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing, officials said.

Abdeslam had German nuclear papers hidden in flat

Abdeslam had German nuclear papers hidden in flat

Rediff.com15 Apr 2016

Salah Abdeslam possessed documents about Juelich Nuclear Research Centre located near the Belgium-Germany border and being used for the storage of atomic waste, Redaktions Netzwerk Deutschland media group reported.

Pak to execute 500 convicted militants in coming weeks

Pak to execute 500 convicted militants in coming weeks

Rediff.com22 Dec 2014

Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that nearly 500 terror convicts will be hanged to death within the next two to three weeks.

Karachi a hub of anti-India terror outfits: Report

Karachi a hub of anti-India terror outfits: Report

Rediff.com17 Feb 2017

The International Crisis Group said that security forces were allowing 'anti-India outfits... to operate madrasas and charity fronts'.

A day of violence from soccer hooligans...

A day of violence from soccer hooligans...

Rediff.com29 May 2017

Levski Sofia fans force players to remove shirts after derby defeat

Pak model Qandeel Baloch's father wants son to be 'shot on sight'

Pak model Qandeel Baloch's father wants son to be 'shot on sight'

Rediff.com22 Jul 2016

"I say he should be shot on sight! He suffocated my little one. We were drugged, asleep upstairs. She must have called out to us," Qandeel's father Anwar Azeem said.

Suicide bomber storms Pakistani govt office; 26 killed

Suicide bomber storms Pakistani govt office; 26 killed

Rediff.com29 Dec 2015

A young Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a crowded government office in Pakistan's restive northwest killing 26.

Gunman kills 25 at Kabul Gurdwara in IS-claimed attack

Gunman kills 25 at Kabul Gurdwara in IS-claimed attack

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

India strongly condemned the terror attack, saying targeting of a religious place in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak reflects the "diabolical mindset" of the perpetrators and their backers.

Paris police to get reinforcements for some Euro 2016 games

Paris police to get reinforcements for some Euro 2016 games

Rediff.com2 Jun 2016

Paris security forces will receive reinforcements to protect fan zones during Euro 2016 soccer matches held in the French capital, the city's police force said on Thursday.

Germanwings pilot locked out of cockpit before crash: Report

Germanwings pilot locked out of cockpit before crash: Report

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

Evidence from a cockpit voice recorder, retrieved from the crash site in the French Alps, indicated that one pilot left the cockpit before the plane's descent and was unable to get back inside, The New York Times reports.

Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,100 terror 'suspects', including Masood Azhar's

Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,100 terror 'suspects', including Masood Azhar's

Rediff.com24 Oct 2016

Authorities in Pakistan have frozen bank accounts with more than Rs 400 million of over 5,100 terror suspects, including JeM chief Masood Azhar who is under "protective custody" after the terror attack on the Pathankot air base, officials said.

Shutting coverage of JuD, others was part of commitment to US: Pak

Shutting coverage of JuD, others was part of commitment to US: Pak

Rediff.com4 Nov 2015

Pakistan's decision to ban media coverage of Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the Jamaatud Dawa and its front Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation and other outlawed groups was part of a commitment given to United States President Barack Obama by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his recent visit, a media report said on Wednesday.