UN: Islamic State(ISIS) group got up to $45m in ransoms
UNITED NATIONS: The Islamic State group which controls a large swath of Syria and Iraq has received between $35 million and $45 million in ransom payments in the past year, a UN expert monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida said on Monday. Yotsna Lalji told a meeting of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee that an estimated $120 million in ransom was paid to terrorist groups between 2004 and 2012. Kidnapping for ransom "continues to grow," she said, as demonstrated by the money the extremist group…
Indian warships arrive in UAE to enhance defence ties.
Four Indian naval ships have arrived in the UAE as part of a month-long overseas deployment to enhance bilateral ties and participate in naval exercises with navies in the Gulf region. Four Indian naval ships have arrived in the UAE as part of a month-long overseas deployment to enhance bilateral ties and participate in naval exercises with navies in the Gulf region. The ships ‘Mysore’, ‘Tarkash’, ‘Tabar’ and ‘Aditya’, that form part of theIndian Navy’s Western Fleet under the Western Naval Command and are based at Mumbai, arr…
China denies reports by India to set up 18 naval bases in Indian Ocean
BEIJING : Defending its submarine's docking at Colombo port as common practice, Chinese military today termed "utterly groundless" reports that it is setting up 18 naval bases in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and several other places in the western and southern Indian Ocean. "The report is not accurate", Geng Yansheng told a media briefing here replying to a question about a report published in a Namibian newspaper on November 11 quoting a Chinese media report stating that China plans to set up 18 naval in …
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