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Ankara, Jan 14: At least five people were killed and 36 injured in a car bomb attack on a police headquarters in Turkey's Cinar district, BBC reported. A woman and a baby are reported among the dead. Officials blamed the blast on…

Tokyo, Jan 14: An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted Japan's Shizunai town on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (US) said. The quake hit Japan at 3.25 GMT, Xinhua news agency reported.

Jakarta, Jan 14: Several explosions were heard in the Indonesian capital, with gunfire breaking out afterwards, BBC reported. The blasts hit a junction in the city close to the presidential palace and UN offices. XInhua news agency reported…

Islamabad, Jan 13: Pakistan said on Wednesday it had arrested several Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) activists and sealed its offices as part of a crackdown following the terror attack on an IAF base in India. India has blamed the JeM, a terrorist…

Kabul, Jan 13: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted South of Jarm, Afghanistan at 08.05 p.m. on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 242.94 km, was initially determined to be at…

Kabul, Jan 13: At least six policemen were killed on Wednesday in a terror attack apparently targeted at the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad city in Afghanistan, media reports said. Afghan security forces battled gunmen barricaded in a…

Quetta (Pakistan), Jan 13: At least 14 people were killed in an explosion near a polio centre in Pakistan's Quetta's city on Wednesday, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said. Thirteen of the dead are policemen, Dawn quoted Bugti…

Washington, Jan 13: Warning that parts of the world including Pakistan may become safe havens for new terrorist networks, President Barack Obama made protecting the American people and going after them his top priority. But in a powerful…

London, Jan 12: The Himalayas subsided by up to 60 cm after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake -- but the world's tallest peak, the 8,848-metre Mt Everest was too far from the subsidence area to be affected, researchers have found Using…

Baghdad, Jan 12: The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide attack targeting a crowded mall in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, which killed at least seven people, the group said in an online…