The vessel was crammed with men, women and children crossing the Tigris Thursday to go to a popular picnic area to celebrate Nowruz, the Kurdish New Year and a holiday across Iraq marking the start of spring. read more

A joint statement issued by the French interior ministry, finance ministry and foreign ministry added that France would discuss putting Masood Azhar on a European Union list of people suspected of being involved in terrorism. read more

The interior ministry said it was part of a long-planned drive, not a response to Indian anger over what New Delhi calls Islamabad’s failure to rein in militant groups operating on Pakistani soil. read more

The Pakistan government has issued an order to streamline a process for the implementation of sanctions against individuals and entities of all banned outfits as designated by the UN Security Council, the Foreign Office announced. read more

The US State Department said on Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading “to the identification or location in any country” of Hamza, calling him a key al Qaeda leader . read more

The terror group had claimed the February 14 Kashmir suicide bombing that killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, heightening tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. read more

An interior ministry statement said the Pakistan’s Punjab government had taken over control of the campus comprising Madressatul Sabir and Jama-e-Masjid Subhanallah in Bahawalpur. read more

A meeting of the National Security Committee chaired by Khan in Islamabad also decided to “accelerate action against proscribed organisations” and to notify Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ut-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) as banned groups, an... read more

The free app is available on Android and Apple smartphones and allows users to renew passports, visas and eases a variety of other electronic services. read more

The interior ministry put the number of protesters who took to the streets on Saturday at 50,000, compared with 32,000 on December 29 when the movement appeared to be weakening after holding a series of weekly Saturday protests since mid-November. read more

Taliban fighters killed more than 20 Afghan security forces in simultaneous raids on Sar-e-Pul city in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday. read more

Spain has kept its terrorist alert unchanged at the second-highest level despite the US State Department warning, although security measures were boosted in December for the Christmas holiday period, a Spanish interior ministry spokesman said. read more

A special court hearing the treason case against Pakistan’s former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday asked the Interior Ministry to find ways to extradite the absconding ex-president from the UAE. read more

At least nine people were killed in the attack on Somalia\'s interior ministry, and security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour gun battle inside, police said. read more

According to the prosecution, the case – which is in its 10th year – may not further proceed till the Indian government sends its 24 witnesses to Pakistan to record their statements. read more