Day: March 4, 2019

Imran Khan’s party tweets in Hindi

Islamabad, Mar 4: In an unusual move, Pakistan’s ruling party on Monday tweeted in chaste Hindi Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement that the person who solves the Kashmir issue will be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. “Main Nobel Shanti Puraskaar Ke Yogya Nahi Hun. Is(ka) Yogya Vyakti Vah […]

US downgrade of Palestinian mission taking effect Monday: statement

The US downgrade of its diplomatic mission to the Palestinians takes effect on Monday as it merges its Jerusalem consulate with the embassy to Israel, the State Department said. “On March 4, 2019, US consulate general Jerusalem will merge into US embassy Jerusalem to form a single diplomatic […]

U.S. tries to safeguard Afghan peace push from India-Pakistan crisis

WASHINGTON – The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile peace push is underway to try to end more than 17 years of war with Taliban insurgents. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been […]

So far apart: India and Pakistan engage in war of claim, counter-claim

NEW DELHI – An air strike by Indian warplanes inside Pakistan last week, and a subsequent retaliatory attack by the Pakistani air force, pushed the nuclear-armed neighbours to the brink of another war, but also triggered a fight over the truth about events. Below is a look at […]

Pakistan vows again to act against militants on its soil as global pressure grows

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan plans to take action against militant groups operating on its soil, a minister said on Monday, amid global pressure to act after a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir last month. But Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry denied Indian accusations that Pakistan was […]

‘It’s pure hell’: Hurricane Michael leaves housing crisis

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A small village of the forgotten has popped up in Diahnn “Shelly” Summers’ backyard outside Panama City. Where there once was empty grass abutting almost 5 acres (2 hectares) of woods, 10 tents now encircle a fir tree with Christmas lights. The tents shelter […]

First lull in Kashmir since latest India-Pakistan escalation

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Residents near the disputed boundary in the divided Kashmir region on Sunday experienced their first lull since a dangerous escalation between Pakistan and India erupted last week, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals close to war. Many villagers used the calm in Pakistani-held Kashmir to leave […]

Pakistan-India train service resumes as border tensions ease

LAHORE, Pakistan — A key train service with neighboring India resumed and schools in Pakistani Kashmir opened Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals since a major escalation last week over the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistan Railways spokesman Ejaz Shah said the train […]

IAF doesn’t count number of dead: Air Force chief Dhanoa

Coimbatore, Mar 4: The casualty figure in the air strike on the Balakot camp will be given out by the government, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Monday while asserting that the Indian Air Force does not count the number of dead. Addressing a press conference here, […]

Myanmar police seize massive haul of meth pills

Myanmar authorities seized more than 10 million meth pills worth $13.3 million over the weekend, police said Monday, another massive haul in a country widely believed to be the world’s largest methamphetamine producer. High-grade crystal meth — or ‘ice’ — is smuggled out of Myanmar via sophisticated networks […]

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