Terrorism

LAHORE: Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Monday expressed grief over killing of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Babar Butt here and urged...

ISLAMABAD: Deaths linked to violence in Pakistan decreased significantly in 2016, dropping 45 percent compared with the previous year, a report released Tuesday said. Some...

NEW DELHI: An Indian fringe group on Friday celebrated the "victory" of US presidential contender Donald Trump, hailing his friendship with diaspora Indians and...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party leader Farhatullah Babar on Saturday demanded resignation of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan over his ministry's failure to curb...

HOUSTON: A gunman opened fire in Houston on Monday just before daybreak, wounding nine people before police shot and killed him, police said.

VERSAILLES: A man in his sixties opened fire on shoppers outside a supermarket near Paris on Monday, severely injuring two people before fleeing the scene, police sources said.

"Buddhist terrorist, Muslim terrorist. This wording is wrong. Any person who indulges in violence is no longer a genuine Buddhist or Muslim,"  His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama told the European Parliament on Thursday.

WASHINGTON: Acknowledging Pakistan’s effort in fighting against terror in the region, the US State Department has said that despite flaws in Pakistan’s counterterrorism strategy, it ‘remained a critical counterterrorism partner in 2015’.

 TEHRAN: Iran rejected Saturday US claims that it was a sponsor of global terror attacks, saying instead it is a victim of terrorism.