Two Americans, a service member and a civilian, were shot and killed Wednesday by an Afghan wearing a military uniform at a base near Kabul, according to the U.S. and Afghan officials. Three other Americans, a service member and two civilians, were wounded, officials said. They were reported hospitalized in stable condition. It wasn’t immediately clear if the so-called “insider… Read more »
In the article “In parched Sri Lanka, biggest shortage is of water policy”, countless villages are relying on government trucks and vendors providing fresh water. This has been an ongoing process due to a vicious cycle of droughts and floods.
WASHINGTON—An American service member was killed in action in northern Iraq, where U.S. forces are assisting local Iraqi troops in their high-stakes offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the extremist group Islamic State, the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday. The coalition said the American died after sustaining wounds caused by an improvised explosive device. A U.S. official said the… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Several Pakistan senators have expressed grave fears that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor+ (CPEC) could turn into another rapacious East India Company if the country’s interests aren’t actively protected , Dawn reported. What the senators were specifically worried about is the perception that local financing is being used for CPEC-related projects, instead of monies from the Chinese or from… Read more »
The Indian Express In this village in southern Sri Lanka’s Hambantota District, water sales are big business. Beset by a prolonged dry spell and day-time temperatures reaching above 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Farenheit), the village has seen all of its wells run dry. Water arrives once every three days in the form of a free government tanker, but it’s not always… Read more »
HARI KUMAR New York Times NEW DELHI — At least 20 people died in a fire at a hospital in easternIndia after smoke filled an intensive care unit, officials said on Tuesday.
Seema Sirohi Quartz India The Obama administration, now in its last phase, is unlikely to take any strong action against Pakistan even though the White House tacitly supported recent Indian military strikes against terrorists on Pakistan’s side of the Line of Control (LoC).
President’s Media Division President Maithripala Sirisena reiterated the commitment of the government to establish a BIMSTEC Center for Technology Transfer Facility to contribute to the collective drive for economic advancement.
India wants to limit tensions with Pakistan after what it said was a successful cross-border strike on militants sheltered there, according to two top officials, who sought to allay fears of a broader conflict between the nuclear-armed nations. One of the officials, who are both part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government shaping a new, more robust strategy toward Pakistan,… Read more »
The man poised to become Uzbekistan’s next president will have to share power with two other senior officials because rival clans have been unable to agree on an outright leader, sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes maneuvering told Reuters. Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 59, became interim president last month after the death of Islam Karimov, who had ruled the Central Asian state with… Read more »