Right now, tensions are rising between Pakistan and India over their disputed territory, Kashmir. This is because back in February, there was an attack made against Indian security personnel in Pulwama, a town in Kashmir. This attack was claimed by a Pakistani-based terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammed. The man that executed the attack was a Pulwama local, but that didn’t stop India… Read more »
Imran Khan will head to New York next week to argue the case of India-held Kashmir before world leaders at the annual UN General Assembly. It will be his first interaction with the most powerful international forum that will provide him an opportunity to highlight the plight of a subjugated people. Most important, however, is how effectively the prime minister… Read more »
Six people have died of dengue and over 5,096 people have been diagnosed positive across Nepal since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in May, a report by the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has said, revealed ANI. According to the report, the mosquito-borne disease, which was first reported in the city of Dharan, has spread to over 56… Read more »
President Donald Trump says the United States is “locked and loaded” to retaliate against whoever struck Saudi Arabia’s oil refineries on Saturday. But before American forces rain “fire and fury” on Iran, some urgent questions must be answered. Are we quite sure that Iran is the culprit? Iranian culpability certainly seems the most plausible explanation for the refinery attack. But… Read more »
Kashmir, a mountainous valley that borders Pakistan and India, has been a center of conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries since the 1947 partition of British India. At the time of the partition, the British agreed to divide their former colony into two countries: Pakistan, with a Muslim majority, and India, with a Hindu majority. Both nations covet Kashmir, which… Read more »