Pakistan airstrikes kill 23 militants: army
Peshawar: Pakistani fighter jets killed 23 militants on Friday in airstrikes carried out in the country’s remote tribal belt near the Afghan border, the military said in a statement. The strikes were in the Shawal area of North Waziristan and Khyber tribal district, it said.
US, NATO certify anti-missile defence site in Romania
Bucharest: US and NATO officials on Friday certified an anti-missile defence site in southern Romania that is scheduled to become operational next year. Russia has objected to the deployment, but officials insisted that the US-led shield is designed to protect NATO members from possible attacks from the Middle East.
Turkey kills 62 Kurdish militants in crackdown
Diyarbakir: Turkish security forces have killed 62 Kurdish militants during a major operation to root out Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels from two urban centres, official media said on Friday.
Obama: No specific terror threat to US
Washington: President Barack Obama has said there is currently no “specific and credible” information of a potential terror threat to the US, but cautioned his countrymen to remain vigilant.
China denies detention of over 100 ‘spies’ by N Korea
Beijing: China on Friday refuted reports that its close ally and neighbour North Korea has detained 100 Chinese nationals on the charges of spying.
No of people forced to flee war to hit record in 2015
Geneva: The number of people who have been forced to flee war, violence and persecution looks set to soar in 2015 past last year’s record of nearly 60 million, the UN said on Friday.