A suicide bomber has killed four Americans inside Bagram airbase, the largest US military facility in Afghanistan. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said two members of the armed services and two contractors had died in the attack. A further 16 US service members and one Polish soldier were injured, he added. The Taliban said one of their fighters had carried… Read more »
ISLAMABAD: Two more Indian high commission officials, out of the eight accused by Pakistan of being members of Indian intelligence agencies, on Thursday left for India. “Balbir Singh and Jayabalan Senthil left via Dubai-bound Emirates flight EK 615,” sources said.
KARACHI: Nearly 30 people, including women and children, were killed and more than 100 injured today in a blast at a popular shrine in Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province, officials said. The blast occurred in the remote Hub region in Lasbela district where devotees were attending a Sufi dance called “dhamaal” at Dargah Shah Noorani shrine. Balochistan interior minister Mir Sarfaraz… Read more »
TOKYO: Voicing great concern over the growing menace of terrorism, India and Japan today called upon all countries to work towards eliminating terror safe havens, disrupting their networks and stopping cross-border movement of terrorists, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. “The two Prime Ministers condemned terrorism in strongest terms in all its forms and manifestations in the spirit of ‘zero… Read more »
UNITED NATIONS: India has pledged about USD 10.95 million for development activities across several UN bodies for the year 2017. “India has been a regular contributor to the UN since its founding. India believes that the UN should have the necessary resources to finance, in an appropriate and balanced manner, the activities and programmes of its three main pillars; Peace… Read more »
Long queues continue outside banks and several ATMs have run out of cash in India, three days after 500 ($7) and 1,000 rupee notes were withdrawn as part of anti-corruption measures. The BBC visited many ATMs of big banks in Delhi and Mumbai but found them either shut or not dispensing cash. ATMs opened at midnight after being shut for… Read more »
After reading this article it made me happy that the Prime Minister is taking action to try and prevent these natural disasters such as earthquakes. I think that the Prime Minister is striving to keep his country safe and I think they should build more structured buildings, but then there is the part of where they will get the money… Read more »
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on building elements of disaster risk reduction into all development projects, global risk mapping for all type of disasters and use of social media for disaster risk management, as part his 10-point agenda for renewing efforts for disaster risk reduction.