Headlines- A shooting that took place early on Sunday on a pedestrian promenade near to the University of Iowa campus in downtown Iowa City injured at least three students.
- After issuing warnings, Iranian forces turned back two tankers that were trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the ongoing US maritime blockade as the reason.
- Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
- On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.
Tag: Terrorist Attack
IS Operatives in Syria
IS Operatives Behind More Than 40 Killings Since January in Syrian Camp TEASER: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, who used 5,000 personnel last week to crackdown on Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells in Syria’s al-Hol camp, say the Islamist group has killed 47 camp residents since January
Kidnapping and Hostage Taking in the...
Kidnapping and hostage-taking is a criminal strategy used by terrorist and religious extremism to inflict heavy psychological burden on family relations, and to expose challenges of human security by the state and its security machinery. The profile of those or individual abducted, generates an anxiety and fear to the community; how secured is the community?
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Case: The 9/11...
The phenomenal case to be examine in relation to international and national norm is that of Islamist militant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al-Qaeda’s brainbox and architect of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.
Southeast Asia Braces for Revenge Attacks...
Al-Baghdadi, who became the world’s most-wanted terrorist after he declared a so-called caliphate in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, killed himself and three of his children when he detonated a suicide vest during a raid by U.S. forces in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, President Donald Trump announced Sunday
Refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan Face...
More than a month after a series of bombings in Sri Lanka in April, in which more than 250 people were killed, around a thousand asylum seekers and refugees mostly from Pakistan and Afghanistan still remain displaced from their homes, fearing harassment, protests and threats
American General: US ‘Not Winning’ Counterterror...
An already bad situation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso appears to be getting worse. This month alone more than 60 people have died in ethnic clashes inflamed by Islamist extremists seeking to gain a stronghold in the Sahel
Pakistani Protesters Denounce India As Tensions...
Dozens of protesters rallied in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, on February 27, calling on their leaders to go to war with India amid escalating tensions over Kashmir
Mosul Activists: US Troops Prevent Return...
Concerned about a rising Islamic State insurgency in their city, many residents of Mosul say they hope U.S. troops will remain to ensure a lasting defeat of the jihadists
The Picture Speaks Thousand Words
The photo of Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laying wreath on the mortal remains of the martyred CRPF personnel at Palam airport, in New Delhi on February 15 shows that India unites in mourning for CRPF Personnel killed in Pulwama terrorist attack
Thousands Take to Social Media to...
Twittersphere is abuzz with condemnation of India’s deadly terrorist attack.Nearly 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Personnel were killed and several others injured when terrorists attacked a convoy with a car bomb at Awantipora in Jammu & Kashmir”s Phulwama district.Terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack