SULAIMANIA, Iraq (Reuters) - A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of Raqqa, despite reports that he had been killed.
Wildlife activists have accused Indian authorities of a culture of secrecy around steadily rising tiger deaths.
In a stern message conveyed by the top Army brass, India today told Pakistan that it reserves the right to retaliate appropriately against any incident of ceasefire violation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.
Qatar says UAE's involvement in the hacking of the Qatar news agency is a violation of international law.
Anwar Gargash denied as false a story in the Washington Post that cited US officials saying the UAE had orchestrated the hack of Qatar's state news agency.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday quoted information received from the Iraqi intelligence sources that rekindled the hope for the families of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq by the ISIS.
Vehicle plunges into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir state, site of annual pilgrimage to Himalayan cave
Graham Allison’s new book, Destined for War, explains how China's rising wealth and power could escalate tensions to a war with the world's current superpower, the US - a country which he says is "attached to its position atop the world".
MOSCOW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Moscow on Tuesday toughened its rhetoric in its row with Washington, saying it was considering ways to retaliate for the seizure of some of its diplomatic premises in the United States and expulsions of diplomats.
The country’s ambitious plans to stem climate change will be a challenge. In an address on Thursday, France’s environment minister, Nicolas Hulot, said that the country would aim to phase out electricity from coal-fired plants by 2022 and end the sale of gas and diesel internal combustion cars by 2040.
