Belgium arrests two over ‘New Year plot’
Brussels: Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in capital Brussels on New Year’s eve, the media reported on Tuesday. Raids took place on Sunday and Monday in Brussels and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and liege, BBC reported.
Turkey arrests 3 ISiS suspects: report
Istanbul: Turkish authorities have arrested three suspected members of the ISIS in Istanbul, including two Pakistanis and a Briton, state media said on
report: PM arrives in ISIS-free city of Ramadi
Baghdad: Iraq’s state TV says Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived in Ramadi to hail the city’s liberation from Islamic State (ISIS)
JuD activists leaving group to join ISIS in Pak
lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed- led Jamaat-ud-Dawah’s activists are joining ISIS and eight of them were arrested by intelligence agencies who raided a hideout of the terror group in Pakistan’s Punjab
Silk Road project not a geopolitical tool: China
Beijing: China dismissed criticism that its multi-billion dollar Silk Road initiative to revive ancient trade routes is a “geopolitical tool” aimed at extending influence, underlining that the mega project is an open and inclusive initiative for regional
UK gets law to cover online domestic abuse
london: Domestic abusers who control victims via social media or spy on them online could face up to five years in prison under a new law which came into force on Tuesday in England and Wales.
Iran: days away from n deal implementation
Tehran: Iran said on Tuesday it had entered the final days of completing its commitments under a landmark international deal to curb its atomic programme after it shipped low-enriched uranium to Russia.
food poisoning: Hundreds hospitalised in Vietnam
Hanoi: Hundreds of workers at a Hong Kong-owned garment factory in Vietnam which makes lingerie for labels like Victoria’s Secret and Wacoal have been hospitalised with food-poisoning, state media reported on Tuesday. Most of them suffered from dizziness, stomach pain and headaches after eating a lunch of rice, fish, meat, vegetables and yoghurt in the factory canteen.
Boko Haram ‘largely’ defeated, claims Minister
lagos: Nigeria’s Information Minister on Tuesday insisted that Boko Haram was “largely defeated” despite two days of bombings blamed on the jihadist group that left dozens dead in the volatile northeast.
‘Silent bomber’ couple convicted of terror plot
london: A British couple was on Tuesday found guilty of plotting a massive terror attack in london ahead of the 10th anniversary of the July 7 bombings this year. The Old Bailey court in london convicted the husband, Mohammed Rehman who tweeted about targeting the london Underground network and Westfield shopping centre of the city under the name “Silent Bomber”, and his wife.