This week my article was on the ongoing peacemaking between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the U.S. There has been a constant ongoing war between the U.S. and Afghanistan over in Afghanistan. This has been the longest war the U.S. has ever been involved in. It has been going on for over 17 years with more than 2,400 soldiers lost. But, the… Read more »
This week I had a very interesting article about Facebook in India, regarding the south and central region of Asia. In India, Facebook is working to expand it’s fact checking network to stop the spread of miscommunication and fake news within the country. This is a crucial time to begin this process considering the general election for India in May… Read more »
At the beginning of 2019 there was an announcement, from the Indian parliament, stating the release of a bill to grant Non-Muslims citizenship in India. This has caused a lot of riots throughout India, which is what my article talks about. The opposition comes from the opportunity for citizens of neighboring countries to apply for citizenship in India. There has… Read more »
Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran say US withdrawal is good for the country as they meet in the Russian city of Sochi. Moscow, Ankara and Tehran see the planned United States withdrawal from Syria as a positive step, leaders of the three countries said after a summit in Russia about the Syrian crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the Syrian government’s closest… Read more »
ISLAMABAD: The Taliban said Wednesday its negotiators would .. Read more at:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67988961.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said a Pakistan based militant group, Jaish-e Mohammed carried out Thursday’s deadly attack on an Indian police convoy in disputed Kashmir, and demanded that its neighbor act against militant groups operating from its soil. A car laden with explosives slammed into the convoy, killing at least 44 soldiers in the deadliest attack on security forces… Read more »
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the United States and its regional allies on Thursday for a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran that killed 27 members of the country’s elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian state TV reported. The force said on Wednesday a suicide bomber driving a vehicle laden with explosives had attacked a bus transporting members of the… Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday warned the military and intelligence agencies they must not exceed their mandate and meddle in politics, an apparent rebuke over their handling of Islamist protests in 2017.FILE PHOTO: Paramilitary soldiers stand guard outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo The judges’ comments were a rare… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday his administration had accelerated talks for a political settlement in Afghanistan and would be able to reduce U.S. troops there as negotiations advance to end America’s longest war. “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” Trump said in his annual State of the Union address to Congress, in which he… Read more »
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Protesters in northeast India claimed victory on Wednesday after a bill that the government says will help Hindus in neighboring countries settle in India lapsed before it could be ratified by parliament.Students shout slogans during a protest to demand the withdrawal of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill passed by India’s lower house of parliament that… Read more »