CAIRO: Egypt's army said Sunday it had killed 16 jihadists and detained 34 more in the Sinai Peninsula since launching a major operation against them on Friday, reports AFP. The security sweep in the Sinai, heart of a persistent Islamic State group insurgency, comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…

London:  A tourist helicopter has crashed in the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona, killing three people and injuring four, reports BBC. The aircraft suffered "substantial damage", a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Authority said. It was in the Grand Canyon West area when it…

 SRINAGAR: The death toll from a militant attack on an army base in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir climbed to 10, police said, as a seige at the compound stretched into a second day, reports AFP. A firefight erupted Saturday when an unknown number of heavily-armed militants stormed the…

TEHRAN:  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday called for a "year of unity" after recent protests as Iran celebrated 39 years since…

London: US Vice-President Mike Pence has said his country and South Korea are in complete agreement on the need to maintain pressure on North Korea, reports BBC. Speaking on his way home from the Winter Olympics in South Korea,  Pence said there was "no daylight" between the two allies…