RIYADH: Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shia eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist attack”. The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire at around 11:30 pm (2030 GMT), a ministry spokesman told media. They were both pronounced dead on arrival in hospital. The spokesman did not specify who it held responsible for the shooting but there have been previous attacks on police in mainly Shia areas of the oil-rich eastRead More

SRINAGAR: Heavily-armed suspected militants killed 17 Indian soldiers in a pre-dawn raid Sunday on an army base in India-held Kashmir (IHK), the worst such attack for years in the disputed Himalayan region. The ‘militants’ first attacked a frontline base close to the Line of Control (LoC) before moving onto the brigade headquarters at Uri, army spokesman Colonel S.D. Goswami said. They were armed with grenades and automatic rifles, an army official said on condition of anonymity. Four suspected militants were also killed during the gunbattle with security forces that sawRead More