The restaurant siege has ended with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina praising the police for its hard work. 20 out of 35 hostages and 2 officers have been killed after a 10-hour standoff at the location. 6 attackers have been killed while one has been arrested at the Holey Artisan Bakery. At the press conference, […]
Tag: Terrorism
Hindu ashram worker hacked to death in Bangladesh
New York, June 10, 2016: Nityaranjan Pandey, a Hindu ashram worker at the Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsanga Paramtirtha Hemayetpurdham Ashram in Pabna, Hemayetpur Upazila, Bangladesh was stabbed to on Friday, June 10, 2016, morning. The Hindu ashram worker, aged 60, was out on a morning walk when he was stabbed to death. The killers fled from the […]
Bangladesh: Terror spreads, gruesome murders becoming common
New York, June 8, 2016: A spate of recent killings has shocked Bangladesh. Yesterday, on June 7, a Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly, aged 69, was brutally attacked by three motorcycle riding three unidentified men at about 9.30 a.m. at the Jhenaidaha District of Bangladesh. The killers followed the Hindu priest who was on a humble […]
Watch: Kabir Khan hilariously chased by angry Pakistani protestors
New Delhi, April 27, 2016: Kabir Khan, the director of Bollywood hits such as Bajrangi Bhaijaan, probably never thought that he would get such reception in a country like Pakistan for which he has shown remarkable love for. As soon as he landed at the Karachi Airport, he was booed and heckled by angry protesters […]
EGYPTAIR flight hijacking the work of an ex-husband?
New York, March 29, 2016: EGYPTAIR flight MS181 was hijacked around two hours back but now it is being speculated that it could be the work of an ex-husband wanting to contact his ex-wife! There is no word from the airline so far, so this cannot be independently verified. A press release by the EGYPTAIR read: EGYPTAIR […]
Terrorism claims two Indian lives, country mourns the loss
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed that in Brussels attack one Indian man has also lost his life. On her Twitter account, the Minister’s statement reads: I am deeply pained to inform that Brussels authorities hv identified Raghavendran as one of the victims of terror blasts in Brussels. His mortal remains are being handed […]
Trump makes Mosque Alert relevant
New York, March 19, 2016: “Mosque Alert,” a bold new play by award winning playwright Jamil Khoury, will receive a professional world premiere production at Chicago’s Silk Road Rising this Spring. Mosque Alert tells the story of three fictional families living in Naperville, Illinois, whose lives are forever changed by a proposed Islamic Center on the […]
Saudi Arabia Concludes North Thunder
New Delhi, March 12, 2016: Saudi Arabia has successfully concluded North Thunder, a military exercise, yesterday with the aim of unifying the region’s military forces to promote peace and stability. A press statement by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Information Office said that the “exercise was one of the largest military exercises in the region, […]
Saudi Minister: It’s in our interest to defeat terrorism
Washington, February 4, 2016: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir reiterated the Kingdom’s firm commitment to defeat terrorism in an op-ed published by Newsweek today, titled “The Saudis Are Fighting Terrorism, Don’t Believe Otherwise.” The full op-ed can be read here. “Multiple actors—each with their own motives—have targeted the kingdom, seeking to destabilize the country […]
European Commission to Clamp Down on Virtual Currency Transactions
Recently, ISIS threatened Britain with so savage a terror attack that it will ‘turn babies’ hair white.’ The threat was enough to send chills down the spines of anyone, and everyone. The European Commission has laid out an Action Plan for strengthening the fight against terrorist financing in its 15-page report a couple of days […]