On Saturday, the army and militias fighting alongside it seized the Teym oilfield in desert south of Deir al-Zor, state TV said. Deir al-Zor is in an oil-rich area of Syria.
Late last year, more than 80,000 Rohingyas had crossed over to Bangladesh to escape an aggressive military offensive in the region after an insurgent attack on border posts.
England's all-time leading wicket-taker added the one more he still needed in West Indies' second innings at Lord's, completing the memorable feat of great skill and endurance in the 129th Test of his 14-year career to date when he clean bowled Kraigg Brathwaite.
Japanese F-15 fighter jets on Saturday conducted an air exercise with U.S. B1-B bombers in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan`s Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) said.
Australia will send troops to assist Philippine forces in the ongoing battle against Islamic State fighters in the southern city of Marawi, Australia’s Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Friday.
Camps will be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state, state-backed media said on Saturday, the first time in a 16-day crisis Myanmar`s government has offered any relief for Rohingya scattered by violence, many to Bangladesh.
The 21st meeting of the GST Council is being held here to discuss technology glitches in GSTN portal, imposition of higher cess on luxury and SUV cars and reduction tax rates on aboout two-dozen items.
This is the third meeting of the GST Council since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax on July 1, and the 21st since it was set up in September last year.
Authorities on Saturday imposed restrictions in parts of the city here to maintain law and order in the wake of apprehensions of trouble as the separatists had announced to hold a sit-in outside the NIA headquarters in Delhi.
The Goa tourism department is planning to enact a law to ban swimming in the sea post sunset and after consumption of alcohol, in the wake of some recent incidents of drowning along the state's beaches.
The US has called for a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting to vote on a draft resolution to impose additional sanctions on North Korea.
Some minor children have been rescued, one is from Uttar Pradesh and the other is from Kaithal.
Market snapped its third consecutive weekly gains in a row, dropping 204.71 points to 31,687.52, while the broader Nifty lost 39.60 points to close below 9,934.80.
Pakistan's ceasefire violation on the LoC has come on a day Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh begins his four-day visit to the state.
United have made a strong start to the Premier League season, winning their opening three games and scoring 10 goals in the process to top the table.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also blamed Mishra, for laxity in performing his duty.
The Navi Mumbai Police and the Railway Protection Force ( RPF) are taking help of the Global Positioning System ( GPS) so that the culprit can be nabbed and the child is rescued soon.
The images were taken on September 2, by the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory located on Mount Graham in Arizona.
Earlier on August 28, a CBI court awarded 20-year jail term to the Dera Sacha Sauda chief.
Asked to clear the air, the Team India all-rounder said it was another of the marketing gimmicks, which he was not even aware of when it was taking place. But, he is cool about it.
Malik was released from Srinagar central jail on Friday.
Hundreds of students of Madhya Pradesh's open school passed their Class X and XII examinations even without appearing in it.
The seizure was affected at 7.50 a.m. by the Custom Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit, based on specific intelligence.
The president described the quake as "the largest registered in our country in at least the past 100 years" -- stronger even than a devastating 1985 earthquake that killed more than 10,000 people in Mexico City.
The CPEC, a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road (B&R) initiative, runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and India has raised objection to the project.
