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Coptic Christians shout slogans during a funeral service for victims of a bus attack, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

Egypt launches airstrikes in Libya after attack on Coptic Christians

The airstrikes came after the army gathered information that confirms the terrorists' participation in the attack.

27 May 2017 4:30 PM IST

Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, mourn by their coffins during a funeral service, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Egypt attack on Christians rises to 29

The attack came on the eve of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It was the fourth to target the country's...

27 May 2017 4:30 PM IST

Palestinians protestors hold national flags during protest in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails end hunger strike: Israel...

Demonstrations had been held across the occupied West Bank leading to repeated bloody clashes with Israeli security...

27 May 2017 1:00 PM IST

Following the death of a 32-year-old manual scavenger at a manhole in Mogappair, Chennai Metro Water called off the non-emergency sewage related works for a week. (Representational image)

Attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians leaves 28 dead

Pictures of the bus aired by state television showed the vehicle riddled with machinegun fire and its windows shot out.

27 May 2017 1:06 AM IST

A security guard stands near a bus stop damaged in Wednesdays suicide bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Indonesia arrests 3 suspects in bombings that killed police

Three policemen and the two attackers were killed and 11 people, both police and civilians, were wounded.

26 May 2017 8:59 PM IST

The two remaining Indian Mujahideen operatives and convicts with death sentence by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court including a Pakistani national were flown to Delhi on Tuesday to be lodged in Tihar jail. (Representational image)

Death sentence of 10 Indian murder convicts commuted in UAE

The ten men, who are from Punjab, were sentenced to death in October last year.

26 May 2017 8:10 PM IST

The latest strike came as the United Nations urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to better distinguish between civilian and military targets. (Photo: Representational/AP)

US-led Syria strike kills 80 relatives of ISIS terrorists, including...

The Observatory reported the highest monthly civilian death toll for the coalition's operations in Syria.

26 May 2017 7:27 PM IST

Residents walk through damaged streets at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

US-led coalition airstrikes in eastern Syrian town kill 35 civilians

Between April 23 and May 23 of this year, coalition strikes killed a total of 225 civilians in Syria, the Observatory...

26 May 2017 6:34 PM IST

Erdogan and members of the government have dominated the airwaves, holding twice-daily campaign speeches that are televised live in their entirety on all channels. (Photo: AP)

Turkey dismisses over 4,000 judges, prosecutors post coup

Ankara blames the attempted overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an Islamic movement led by Muslim preacher...

26 May 2017 4:52 PM IST

Manchester bomber: Young man thirsting for revenge for deaths of Muslim children

Manchester bomber: Young man thirsting for revenge for deaths of...

His friend, also of Libyan descent, died after being stabbed by British youths in Manchester in May 2016, the source...

25 May 2017 8:38 PM IST

Iran President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AFP)

Iran has built third underground ballistic missile factory: Fars news...

US President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's recent missile launches, putting...

25 May 2017 5:08 PM IST

Bahrain police raided a town where the sit-in has been going on for months in support of Sheikh Isa Qassim, a prominent Shiite cleric, who had his citizenship stripped by the government. (Photo: AP)

5 killed, 286 arrested in police raid on Shia cleric Isa Qassim's town

Police arrested 286 people, including 'terrorists and convicted felons' who hid inside of Qassim's home, the Interior...

24 May 2017 6:12 PM IST