(This Oct. 15 story corrects second paragraph to say Iran economy would be 90% of its size two years ago, not 90% smaller) DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s economy is expected to shrink by 9.5% this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, down from a previous estimate of a 6% contraction, as the country feels the impact of tighter U.S…. Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 27 on Wednesday when he set off explosives in a truck near a police headquarters in Afghanistan, officials said. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, confirmed in a statement that the militants had used a large truck, packed with explosives in the attack in the eastern province… Read more »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate on Wednesday visited a melting glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range not far from Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, witnessing first hand the impact of climate change their trip is seeking to highlight. They flew by helicopter to the northern tip of the Chiatibo glacier, where a climate change expert… Read more »
China’s Xi also pledges financial aid as he becomes first Chinese leader to visit Nepal in more than 20 years. President Xi Jinping has wrapped up a landmark visit to Nepal, the first by a Chinese president in 23 years, with 20 deals signed and nearly $500m in financial aid pledged amid Beijing’s growing influence in the impoverished Himalayan nation. After talks in… Read more »
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An explosion at a university in southeast Afghanistan has wounded at least 19 students, according to officials, two of them critically. The blast on Tuesday took place inside a classroom at Ghazni University, located on the outskirts of the provincial capital, Ghazni, Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, said. The blast wounded 12 female students, Noori said. Officials in the provincial hospital… Read more »
A baby girl found buried alive in India was a suspected case of female infanticide, police said on Monday, the latest to highlight the preference for sons in a country where the number of girls has been declining. A couple, who went to bury their newborn at a grave after she died in hospital, discovered the youngster inside an earthen pot buried… Read more »
The Indian government revoked the special status accorded to Indian-administered Kashmir in its constitution, the most far-reaching political move on the disputed region in nearly 70 years. A presidential decree issued on August 5 revoked Article 370 of India’s constitution that guaranteed special rights to the Muslim-majority state, including the right to its own constitution and autonomy to make laws on all matters except… Read more »
The facts of the case seem to be all over the place. A lot of the articles are short, and since the investigation hasn’t been conducted yet, nobody has any straight facts. Here is what has been established: Nepal’s Speaker of the House, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, initially denied that anything happened. However, due to increasing pressure by the Communist Party,… Read more »
Kathmandu, September 30 A Parliament Secretariat staffer told lawmaker Uma Regmi early morning today that she was raped by Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara last evening at her rented flat in Tinkune. Mahara, however, refuted the allegation. Nepali Congress lawmaker Regmi told THT over phone from Chitwan that the staffer told her about the incident at around 12:30am today. Regmi said… Read more »