Neighbours thought to be sliding towards war after Turkey intercepts plane carrying 'illegal cargo’ THERE are fears that Syria and Turkey are sliding towards all-out war after Syria accused Ankara of "air piracy" for sending F-16 fighter jets to force a Syrian passenger plane, en route from Moscow to Damascus, to land and then confiscating part of its cargo. For its part, Russia has demanded an explanation. ...

Two Navy SEALs are bringing world-class encryption to the iPhone, for everything from state secrets to celebrity selfies. But that means it can be used by criminals as well.   Russell Brandom The first rule, former Navy SEAL Mike Janke tells me, is that you have to assume the worst: "Everything you do and say — email, text, phone — is monitored on some level." He's talking about paramilitary operations — sp ...

[caption id="attachment_3173" align="alignright" width="349"] Malala Yousaf Zai being treated In CMH[/caption] By Zaheerul Hassan The National Peace Award winner, Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked in Swat, is currently under treatment in CMH Peshawar. Later, Malala were taken to Peshawar via helicopter and admitted in CMH Peshawar.  It is important to mention that Malala had been receiving threats to her l ...

By BRIAN STELTER The National Geographic Channel plans to televise a feature film about the killing of Osama bin Laden on Nov. 4, two days before the presidential election. The film, titled “Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden,” will also stream on Netflix starting on Nov. 5. “Seal Team Six” is a re-creation of the May 2011 killing of the terrorism mastermind, which was arguably the crowning national ...

By David Wood [caption id="attachment_3132" align="alignright" width="312"] Search of IED's[/caption] david.wood@huffingtonpost.comWASHINGTON -- In more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the United States military has failed to defeat the insurgents' main weapon -- the IED, or roadside bomb -- and has been unable to prevent the spread of a deadly new Taliban tactic, the so-called "insider" attacks by Afg ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3128" align="alignright" width="357"] Sikhs Gathering in US[/caption] All India Sikhs Students Federation (AISSF) has approached Sri Akal Takhat Sahib urging to issue directive declaring November 01 as "Sikh Genocide Day" and asking the community to commemorate the same internationally. In a request submitted to Sri Akal Takhat Sahib victims of November 1984 ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3122" align="alignright" width="270"] Pakistan Reached into T20 Semi Final[/caption] India beat South Africa by one run Tuesday but still crashed out of the World Twenty20 as Pakistan went through to the semi-finals by virtue of a higher run rate. Pakistan will meet host Sri Lanka in the first semi-final in Colombo on Thursday while Australia, who went through on r ...

By William Byrd Monday Afghanistan provides all too many examples of the wisdom of Winston Churchill's saying "those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."  Great Britain forgot the hard-learned lessons from the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) and got caught in the misadventure of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80).  The Afghan Communist government that took power in a military coup ...