Germany okays military aid for ISIS fight
Berlin: The German cabinet on Tuesday approved a mandate offering military assistance to back the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, sources said.
‘Pak using terrorists as violent proxies’
United Nations: Hitting out at Pakistan for using terrorists as “violent proxies”, Afghanistan has blamed Islamabad’s “unnecessary anxiety” over its ties with India for a sharp spike in civilian and military casualties that made 2015 the bloodiest year since 2001.
Cameron wrote to PM on release of Brit sailors
london: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has written to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi calling for the return of six British sailors held in India for more than two years on charges of illegal possession of a huge cache of weapons on their ship.
Nearly 900 people killed in Iraq in Nov, says UN
Baghdad: At least 888 Iraqis were killed and 1,237 others wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in November across Iraq, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pak man kills sister for voting
Islamabad: A Pakistani man killed his sister for allegedly voting in the first-ever local bodies elections in the country’s capital. Police said the incident took place in Sarai Kharboza. The victim was resident of New Gulistan colony and she was a teacher at a private school.