On November 16th, an American missionary, John Allen Chau, 26, died brutally after illegally entering onto the Sentinel Island. The Sentinel Island is an isolated Island off of India in the Bay of Bengal. Chau paid two fishermen to transport him to the island to the island even though it is illegal due to past incidences of violence towards foreigners that… Read more »
Improvised explosive device also injures three US troops US civilian contractor also wounded in blast in Ghazni An Afghan soldier keeps watch at a checkpoint on the Ghazni-Kabul highway. Ghazni has been one of the most heavily fought over areas of Afghanistan this year. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters Three US military service members were killed and three wounded when an improvised explosive device… Read more »
John Allen Chau’s diary suggests he knew the risks of going to North Sentinel Island John Allen Chau, right, in Cape Town. He told his parents not to be angry at God if he died on North Sentinel Island. Photograph: Sarah Prince/AP An American man who was killed by an isolated tribe on a remote Indian island wrote to his… Read more »
The renaissance of Pakistani fashion is a sign of women’s growing independence, and has fuelled the religious right’s ire In the luxurious surroundings of a top hotel, a parade of glamorous, impossibly slim women walk with gazelle-like grace down the catwalk. Bare midriffs and legs are proudly displayed in intricately embroidered golden fabrics, and there isn’t a veil in sight…. Read more »
Attempts to retrieve remains of John Chau dangerous for both sides, says charity. Indian authorities have been urged to abandon their efforts to recover the body of an American man killed while trying to preach Christianity to the isolated residents of a remote island.
The window available to identify and assist the huge number of trafficked children passing through Old Delhi station is fleeting. Yet, as India ramps up rescue efforts, there is real progress Half a million passengers pass through Old Delhi railway station each day. Some of those hurrying out of its arched facade are children who will be sold to sweatshops… Read more »
Official says vehicle fell into a canal in Karnataka state after driver lost control Associated Press in Bengaluru Police sent divers to the scene of the accident. Photograph: NDTV At least 25 people were killed when a speeding bus fell into a canal in southern India, an official has said. Many of the victims were reportedly schoolchildren. Dr G Parameshwara, the… Read more »
New police chief among those who died when convoy was attacked in Farah province. Twenty policemen were killed in a Taliban ambush of a police convoy in western Afghanistan and 10 troops died in an insurgent attack on an army checkpoint in the north, Afghan officials said on Monday, as minority Shias took to the streets of Kabul for the second… Read more »
Uttar Pradesh will build a 221m-high effigy of the Hindu god Ram, dwarfing the current record-holder in Gujarat state. The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says it will build the world’s tallest statue, weeks after the current record holder – an 182-metre likeness of founding father Sardar Patel – was completed in another part of the country.
Pollution in India is an epidemic, the country has nine of the worlds ten most polluted cities. With a massive population this isn’t hard to believe. However as the years go on with no change this pollution will just get worse. Pollution is even believed to be responsible for over 1 million deaths in India per year. It’s reported that… Read more »