Posted By zaheerul Hassan (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas with battering winds and rain on Friday, sweeping over the island chain after killing 21 people across the Caribbean and posing a menacing threat to the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters warned the late-season storm is expected to combine with a polar air mass near the United States next week, potentially producing a highly unusual and pot ...

By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3317" align="alignright" width="283"] 126 PMA Passing out Prade at Kakul[/caption] "During the past few years, we have witnessed rapid changes in the international environment resulting in a wave of internal instability in our country. We have been subjected to a new form of war with dangerous consequence for our liberty and independence. We must prove to the world ...

By Basil Katz and Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - The FBI on Wednesday arrested a Bangladeshi man in a sting operation on charges he attempted to blow up the New York Federal Reserve Bank with what he believed was a 1,000-pound (450-kg) bomb, federal authorities said. Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Capt Amarinder Singh had received threatening calls for his opposition to the Operation Bluestar memorial sometime back. Confirming that he had received the calls some time ago, the former Chief Minister told the Punjabnewsline that the caller who was from Germany appeared to be young from his voice. ...

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. ...

[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 ...