Terrorism

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan escaped blacklist status and international sanctions from the world’s top antiterrorism monitoring group on Friday, but received a harsh rebuke from the body for failing to adequately crack down on terrorism financing and money laundering. The monitoring group, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, met on Friday and said Pakistan would remain on a gray list, signaling its failure to fully comply with a 27-point action plan the watchdog gave it earlier this year. Pakistani government officials celebrated the country’s exclusion from the blacklist as an acknowledgment of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s seriousness to move against militant groups. Some of those groups have long been believed to have been nurtured by the Pakistani security forces as tools to achieve the country’s foreign policy objectives, to counter India and to maintain its influence in Afghanistan. The military denies those accusations. But Pakistan could … [Read more...] about Pakistan Avoids Terrorism Blacklist and Sanctions

WASHINGTON: Mired in his own scandal involving allegedly using foreign nations for domestic political gains, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday cavalierly asked India and Pakistan to "work it out, fellas," even as both countries made contrasting cases before a global audience about developments in the Indian subcontinent. Having met both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan PM Imran Khan and having exuded totally different vibes during each encounter, Trump chose his wrap-up press conference at the UN to repeat that he has offered arbitration or mediation, but in the face of Indian rejection of his role, he hoped they would sort it out themselves given "they are at serious odds right now." "With respect to Pakistan and India, we talked about Kashmir . And whatever help I can be, I said - I offered, whether it's arbitration or mediation, or whatever it has to be, I'll do whatever I can. Because they're at very serious odds right now, and hopefully that'll get … [Read more...] about Trump: ‘Fellas, work it out’ India: ‘Sure. Once terrorism stops’

MUMBAI: To revive the sharp fall in tourism in Sri Lanka after the terror attack on the eve of Easter , the Sri Lankan government has exempted the mandatory visa fee for those visiting Sri Lanka for next six months. India is among the 48 countries which have been exempted from a mandatory visa fee of $35 (equivalent to Rs 2,500) starting from August. Two hundred and fifty nine people were killed and more than 500 injured on April 21 when powerful bombs exploded in three churches and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital of Colombo . Preliminary investigations suggested that the suicide bombings were carried out by National Thowheed Jamat. In the past four months, things have returned to normal and the government is making all efforts to revive the downfall and they claim to have succeeded. "The main culprits have been arrested and investigations are going on but now things are different here. We have enhanced security all over the country covering all important … [Read more...] about Four months after terror attack Sri Lanka building port city woo tourists

KOLLAM: The country cannot rule out a terrorist attack along its western coast, said Union defence minister Rajnath Singh . "There is a possibility that a neighbouring country 's terrorists might carry out a major attack on our coastline which extends from Kutch to Kerala. But the country's maritime forces are fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, and any kind of adventurism from the enemies would be dealt with massive reciprocal action," he added. The minister was speaking at the 66th birthday celebrations of Mata Amritanandamayi in Kollam on Friday. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's stand that India would not attack any country without provocation but in case of anyone attacking us it would not be tolerated, he pointed out that India had countered the Pulwama attack within a few days by bombing the terror camps at Balakot. Distributing the financial assistance instituted by the Amritanandamayi Matt of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the forty CRPF jawans … [Read more...] about Can’t rule out terror strike along western coast, says Rajnath Singh

29 Sep 2019, 10:54AM IST Source: Times Now After returning from the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said world's view towards India has changed and nation's acceptance and respect have gone. Speaking on the issue, Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, said , " In many ways, it was an unprecedented effort. It was an effort to indicate that India is ready to engage on across section of issues across the spectrum on the global stage. We had a large number of bilateral meeting. We have set the agenda on several issues like climate change and terrorism." … [Read more...] about India has set the agenda on issues like climate change and terrorism: Syed Akbaruddin