1.6 million people displaced in Iraq: UN
United Nations: More than 1.6 million people in Iraq have been displaced since the start of the year, a UN spokesperson said here Friday citing a report. “It is estimated that over 600,000 people were displaced in August alone,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a report.
32 militants in pak’s N Waziristan killed
Islamabad: At least 32 militants were killed in the latest air strikes on their hideouts in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, military said on Saturday.
Gulf monarchies condemn IS jehadis
Jeddah: The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council strongly condemned Islamic State jehadis in Iraq and Syria and their extreme interpretation of Islam at a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. “We denounce vehemently the practices of those who use Islam as a pretext to kill and displace en masse Iraqis and Syrians,” Kuwait FM Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah said in Jeddah.
Troops ‘liberate’ Islamist stronghold
Mogadishu: African Union forces claimed to have liberated a former Shebab stronghold in Somalia on Saturday as part of a joint offensive with Govt troops aimed at capturing key ports from the Islamist fighters. The AU mission in Somalia(AMISOM) said it had captured the town of Bulomarer.
‘match with global military revolution’
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called the military, which is on a massive modernisation drive, to innovate more to match with the “new military revolution” being witnessed around the world.
jailed Ex-Bangladeshi minister dies
Dhaka: A former Bangladeshi Minister, who was sentenced for life in prison for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence struggle, died here on Saturday after a prolonged struggle with cancer. Abdul Alim, 83, died this afternoon after a long struggle with lung cancer.
twin Bombings kill 13 people in Iraq
Baghdad: Two bombings targeting the Iraqi military killed 13 people, including six soldiers, south of Baghdad, officials said. Police officials said a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into an army checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing 11 people.
