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Peshawar, Dec 26: Pakistani security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead in the country's worst ever terror attack, officials said on Friday. Named only as "Saddam", the militant was killed Thursday night in a gunfight with security forces in the restive Khyber tribal area, which borders the northwestern city of

Islamabad, Dec 20: The terrorist who supervised the Peshawar school massacre has threatened more attacks, if the military and the intelligence agencies do not stop anti-terror operations, media reported Saturday. In a video with English subtitles posted on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) website, Umar Mansoor said that Tuesday's attack on the Army Public School which killed 148 people

Sydney, Dec 19: Eight children have been killed and a woman injured, police said on Friday, during what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing in Australia's tropical northern city of Cairns. Australia is already in a state of heightened alert after police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning to end a 16-hour hostage standoff in which three people were killed, including the

Islamabad, Dec 18: In a decision that caused outrage in India, a Pakistani court today gave bail to LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a key planner of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, just a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said there is no 'good' and 'bad' Taliban. "Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi today granted bail to Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi," prosecution

Peshawar, December 17: Pakistan woke up to a day of mourning on Wednesday after Taliban militants killed 132 students at a school in the city of Peshawar in a grisly attack which shocked the nation and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency. People around the country lit candles and staged overnight vigils as parents prepared to bury their children during mass funerals

Sydney, Dec 16: Heavily armed police officers ended a hostage crisis at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe here around 2:45 am local time on Tuesday, storming its premises where an armed man — said to be a self-proclaimed Sheik — held employees and customers, including two Indians, captive for more than 16 hours. The two Indians, Vishwakant Ankireddy and Pushpendra Ghosh, both employees of Infosys, are safe

Canberra, Dec 15: Several people were today taken hostage at a popular cafe in Sydney apparently by at least one Islamic State gunman, media reports said. At least three people could be seen with their arms in air and hands pressed against the window glass of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place, a busy tourist and shopping district in central Sydney, state-run ABC television reported. An

Beijing, Dec 5: The US is no longer the world's largest economy, as China has overtaken the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says. China now sits atop the world's economic perch, according to the IMF, which released the latest numbers for world economies by measuring purchasing power parity (PPP). By the end of 2014, China's economic output will amount to $17.6 trillion, and the US

Seoul, Dec 2: South Korean officials say rescuers have found no trace of 52 people missing after a South Korean fishing boat sank off Russia's far-east coast. Rescuers have recovered four empty lifeboats from the trawler, a Russian official said, as hope of finding the lost crew members fades. "Four torn lifeboats were found," said Oleg Karev of the marine rescue centre in the port of

London, Nov 30: Muslims are facing the worst job discrimination of any minority group in Britain, according to new research which found that they had the lowest chance of being in work or in a managerial role. Muslim men were up to 76 per cent less likely to have a job of any kind compared to white, male British Christians of the same age and with the same qualifications. And Muslim women were up