Cops blame JMB for Dhaka cafe attack
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Police on Saturday blamed homegrown terror group Jamat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for the two recent terror attacks, including the Dhaka cafe siege, and dismissed ISIS claims over the deadly assaults. “The 5 terrorists killed at Gulshan (cafe) were JMB members. Police had their details and been looking for them for a while,” said Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque.
Diplomat attacked: US expels 2 Russian babus
Washington: The United States has expelled two Russian officials in retaliation over an ‘unprovok-ed’ attack on its diplomat by a Russian policeman outside the US Embassy in Moscow last month. “On June 17, we expelled two Russian officials from US to respond to this attack,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said.
lashkar-e-Jhangvi boss’ acquittal continues Karachi: A Pakistani court has maintained the acquittal of sectarian outfit lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s chief and suspended death sentence of 20 others tried by anti-terrorism courts and sessions courts. The Sindh High Court on Friday also converted the capital punishment of four others to life imprisonment after the prosecution failed to prove relevant cases, the Express Tribune reported.
Afghanistan, Iraq on nato leaders’ agenda
Warsaw: NATO allies agreed on Saturday to maintain a stable military presence in Afghanistan, bolstered by President Barack Obama’s decision to make a smaller cut in US troop levels than he had initially planned.
Rocket attacks kill 30 in Syria’s Aleppo
Beirut: Syrian state media said 30 people have been killed in rocket fire overnight in Aleppo, the country’s largest city and the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in Syria’s civil war, now in its sixth year.